Design your own Massey Ferguson tractor at the push of a button!

The AGCO ASK feature enables farmers to ‘design’ their tractors according to their own needs and requirements.

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Dieter Schroder, owner of DT Farming Trust in Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal, and his sonin-law Ross Braithwaite were in the market for a new tractor for their recently acquired 3t fertiliser spreader. So they turned to Drakensberg Agricultural Services (DAS), theMassey Ferguson (MF) dealer in the Bergville and Winterton areas, explained their specific farming requirements, and asked for expert advice and guidance.

What followed was a textbook example of MF’s highly customised AGCO ASK system in action. Schroder established the farm Noodhulp in 1989 as a mixed farming operation. “Back then, I was leasing the land mainly for grazing for beef farming and a bit of cropping.

“In time, our needs grew, and so did our requirements for mechanisation.

“A few years ago, the ongoing drought forced me to look at irrigation farming and our equipment needs changed. We currently have about 1 100ha under irrigation,” says Schroder.

Braithwaite explains that DT Farming Trust, which has always had a variety of machines in its fleet, recently had an urgent need for a new tractor. Unable to find one that could fulfil their unique requirements as well suit their pocket, they turned to DAS.

DAS used the AGCO ASK system to customise a tractor that met Schroder’s and Braithwaite’s precise needs.