VSN® Visual Guidance and Hawkeye® 2 Nozzle Control have been honored with AE50 Awards for innovations that improve agriculture production. The award, sponsored by ASABE’s Resource magazine, recognizes the top innovative new products produced in 2020. The awards were presented at the virtual ASABE Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) in February 2021 and showcased on the ASABE website and in the January/February issue of Resource magazine.
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) AE50 Awards highlight the year’s most innovative product-engineering designs in the areas of agricultural, food, and biological systems. An expert panel of engineers selects approximately 50 products for recognition and rank those selected in highest in innovation, significant engineering advancement, and impact on the market served. The AE50 guidelines require submitted products to embody the application of new technology or the innovative application of an older technology, and must be new to the whole industry, not just to an individual company. In addition, the development must have been first offered for sale between January 1-December 31, 2020.
Other notable products have received this prestigious recognition over the years including SmarTrax™ MD, OmniRow® Multi-Hybrid, and Viper® 4 in 2014; OmniSeed™ Air Seeder Control System in 2012; OmniRow™ and Slingshot® in 2011; and FarmPRO™ GPS Steering and Application Control System in 2009.
Download ASABE's Resource Magazine January/February 2021 Engineering and Technology for a Sustainable World to read about all AE50 winners.