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John Deere Wins Innovation Award at Agritechnica 2019
HANNOVER, Germany– The impressive Gold Award for Innovation at the Agritechnica 2019 Show was awarded to John Deere for its electro-mechanical power split gearbox.

Stepless transmissions with a hydrostatic-mechanical power split have been used in agricultural tractors for over 20 years. Previously, additional generators for electric drives with a higher power requirement were installed on tractors (fan, compressed-air/air conditioner compressor, etc.) or on implements.
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Innovation Was the Name of the Game at Agritechnica 2019

HANNOVER, Germany–For many years, Agritechnica has been growing and strengthening its role as the top European agricultural trade show. Despite the struggles that the industry is facing, with declining order books and a less than enthusiastic outlook for 2020, Agritechnica 2019 held here Nov. 11-16, 2019, reaffirmed its position as the most important ag tech event in Europe. The show reported 2,820 exhibitors and 450,000 visitors, more than 130,000 of them from outside Germany.
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Look for Agritechnica 2019 Reports Here

Agritechnica 2019 begins Nov. 10, 2019, in Hannover, Germany, and analysts from Power Systems Research will be walking the halls gathering data and photographs on the latest products and trends. We’ll have their report here for you.
Agritechnica is one of the world’s largest exhibitions for agricultural machinery and equipment. This event showcases products such as tractors, transport, and harvesting technology, and equipment. Don’t miss our reports. PSR
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US Combines
2019 US Production Forecast to Climb 2%
6800 Units
This information originally appeared in the July 2019 issue of PowerTALK.
By Carol Turner, Senior Analyst, Global Operations

This is the estimate by Power Systems Research of the number of Combines that will be produced in the United States during 2019. Estimated 2019 production will be up nearly 2% from 2018.
In 2018, production was 6846 units, down 485 units or 6.6% from 2017.