FarmENGAGE from PTx is designed to streamline fleet management for farm operations. The farm operations platform helps producers manage the day-to-day operations of their farm, said Cory Buchs, senior director of digital farming solutions at PTx. “It’s about managing fieldwork that needs to happen, keeping track of the machines, and being able to wirelessly interact with their machines and operators to ultimately get work done more efficiently across the farm,” he told the Farms.com Precision Ag Digital Digest. One way FarmENGAGE helps farmers achieve this is through its compatibility. The platform works with multiple brands and displays. “We want to enable any make, model, or age of machine to connect and help farmers manage field work,” Buchs said. “It’s a more accessible and deployable solution because farms are usually running different brands and ages of equipment.” Growers with older equipment can purchase a separate retrofit kit to get that piece of equipment up to standard to incorporate FarmENGAGE, Buchs added. Farmers can access FarmENGAGE through a mobile device or web application. FarmENGAGE can help farmers be prepared for the workday ahead before he or she steps foot into the equipment. From a central location, users can create and manage things like field boundaries, guidance lines, and variable rate prescriptions. “We can then deploy that data to all the machines on the farm, so they all have that right information for that job,” Buchs said. Farm managers who want to take job management to the next level can do so with customized work orders. “You can build out a detailed task list to send to all your operators to complete throughout the day, week, or season,” Buchs said. “This includes all of the instructions like material, application rates, and machine configurations for the job. And as an operator, it gives you peace of mind that your equipment is set up exactly for the job you’re doing.” FarmENGAGE can also track the status of individual jobs and machine health information. And there’s no limit on how many pieces of equipment farmers can communicate with. In terms of installation, farmers would have to visit a local PTx Trimble dealer. And in the U.S. and Canada for model year 2026 Fendt and Massey Ferguson equipment, farmers will receive FarmENGAGE for three years as part of the machine purchase. More information about FarmENGAGE can be found on the PTx website. | pag PHOTO: ptxag.com The Platform Can Plan, Connect, and Record Field Work Across the Farm FARMENGAGE BRINGS SIMPLICITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO MULTI-BRAND FLEETS DIEGO FLAMMINI FARMS.COM 08
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