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The AFS AccuGuide Ready option offers plug-and-play auto guidance readiness for use with the AFS Pro 600 display, the AFS 262 GPS receiver and the Navigation II controller. These components are also used on other Case IH equipment for guidance, machine control or monitoring and can be easily moved from one piece of machinery to another.

Users can also choose the AIM Command spray system, which multiplies the utility of a standard chemical boom, providing precise spray with complete control. The system offers constant pressure independent of speed, with near instantaneous ability to switch rates while using a single nozzle tip.

Focusing on electronics
Group works to implement international electronics standards.

The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) concentrates on practical solutions that ensure the compatibility of tractors, implements and office computers as well as the advancement of precision farming. AEF’s main area of focus is the implementation of international agricultural electronics standards.

The AEF’s initial focus lies in ISOBUS implementation. Six AEF Project Teams are addressing implementation issues: conformance testing, functional safety, engineering and implementation, service and diagnostics, sequence control and communication and marketing. The Conformance Test Project, for example, is responsible to ensure that the ISOBUS data traffic between office computer, tractor and implement flows seamlessly, regardless manufacturer.

“As an independent, industry wide body we cooperate in promoting technical compatibility, efficiency of resources and functional safety of agricultural machinery,” says William Rudolph, AEF secretary. “This is a very important issue, as electronics have become the crucial driver of innovation in agricultural technology altogether.”

AEF was founded in October, 2008, by seven companies: AGCO, Claas, CNH, Grimme, John Deere, Kverneland Group and Pöttinger. Additional founding members are the industry associations Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and German Engineering Federation (VDMA).

General membership is open to any organization or individual with an interest in promoting the implementation of international, agricultural electronic standards. There is no fee to become a general member; the foundation is financed by its seven founding members.

AEF will have a booth at AEM’s Jan. 13-15, 2010 AgConnect Expo in Orlando, FL. For more information, visit www.aef-online.org.