AGCO’s OutRun Awarded for Innovation in Harvest Automation

AGCO announced that its PTx Trimble brand has received a World Changing Ideas Award for OutRun, an autonomous system for grain trailer operations. The award recognizes products that have a positive impact on global sustainability and safety. With automation technology, OutRun helps reduce costs, overcome operator shortages and increase crop profitability.

The system works as a retrofit kit. It transforms existing row tractors into autonomous machines focused on grain transshipment. The proposal allows the harvest to continue even with a labor shortage. It also makes it easier to use operators during the peak harvest period.

OutRun can now be installed on John Deere 8R or 8000R tractors with IVT transmission. It is expected to hit the market on Fendt models from 2026 onwards. The company plans to make the solution compatible with other brands and models, expanding the offering to different property profiles.

The technology also received the Davidson Award this year, granted by ASABE to outstanding innovations in agricultural engineering. In addition to harvesting operations, PTx Trimble plans to integrate OutRun into other activities, such as soil preparation, using the same autonomous base for spring and fall tasks.