SIMA 2017, the Paris International Agribusiness Show that will be held Feb. 26 – Mar. 2, has announced farm equipment manufacturers are being awarded silver medals in the group’s 2017 Innovation Awards for agricultural equipment program.

With SESAM tractor, John Deere presents the first high electrical power that has the features and functionality of a "classic" tractor while providing the benefits of electricity. The SESAM tractor is a key element of Deere's vision of the farm of the future, energy-autonomous.

Available starting in 2018 on new John Deere 4-Series Sprayers, the ExactApply intelligent nozzle control system maintains consistent droplet size and pattern through a wide range of speeds, while reducing the potential for overlaps, skips and drift.

One of the precision markets often identified by dealers as holding the most revenue potential is planter technology. Recent years have seen the debut and development of electric drives, high-speed seed delivery meters and hydraulic down force systems.

Dawn Equipment serves notice to Precision Planting and Ag Leader over patents related to hydraulic down pressure control for row crop planters.

Deere & Co. responded to the Dept. of Justice’s complaint to the Deere’s acquisition of Precision Planting.

John Deere filed a response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking to block the company’s planned purchase of Precision Planting from the The Climate Corp.

Talking with a few more precision retailers, there’s not been a consensus on an expected outcome of the U.S. Department of Justice intervening on John Deere’s planned acquisition of Precision Planting. Some forecast a restructuring of the original deal, which would pare down the power position that Deere would assume in the planter technology market should the deal be approved wholesale.