AE50 2002 Outstanding Innovations

     Products winning the 2002 AE50 awards represent the cream of the crop developed throughout the world for the agricultural, food and biological systems industries.
     The innovations highlighted in this issue were chosen from numerous entries in the competition sponsored by Resource. The judges who chose the winners represent all factions of the agricultural, food, biological and related systems engineering professions. The expert panel selected the best of products first introduced to the marketplace during 2001. These products are expected to save producers time, costs and labor while improving user safety.
     Problem solving is a major goal in designs whether one is developing a better way to spread manure, water a golf course or monitor weather conditions. Environmental concerns must also be factored in while keeping production and operating costs low.
     The annual AE50 program has been honoring engineering achievements for more than a decade. Past winners include companies of all sizes throughout the world.
     Many of the new ideas are patented and their names trademarked. Some may become household words in the future. Others will be improved upon as technology advances.
     From improved tractors and implements to computer software and high-tech electronic measuring devices, the 2002 AE50 winners cover a gamut of devices. The AE50 is the only awards program of its kind to reward companies for developments in specific areas of agricultural, food and biological systems.
     For information on how to enter next year's competition, contact Sandy Rutter at 616-429-0300 ext. 345 or rutter@asabe.org.
     Information on the AE50 and Resource magazine is also available on the ASAE Web site at www.asabe.org.

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Individual winners can be viewed below.

AE50 2002 Winners Index

AGCO Tractors AGCO® LT, RT and DT Series Tractors Attach-Matic Inc. Quick Hitch System Snap-On Model “AFT - C78AR” AutoFarm AutoFarm GPS 5001 Data Logger Case IH Case IH CPX610 Cotton Express® Cotton Picker Caterpillar® Challenger® MT700 Series Tractors CNH AHX1800 Sugar Cane Harvester CNH Case IH 2500 Rip-Bed DMI ecolo-bed’r 2500 CNH Case IH 2500 Rip-Strip DMI ecolo-strip’r 2500 CNH CX840/860 Super Conventional Combine CNH DMI nutri-till’r 5310 CNH Electronic Twine Wrapper for Case IH RBX Series Round Balers CNH New Holland Model BB950 Big Baler CNH 4WD Products Plant New Holland TJ Series 4WD Tractors FENDT FENDT Vario® Series Reverse Station Tractors (160 to 240 PTO hp) Forest Concepts LLC FlowCheck® John Deere 3200 and 3400 Telehandler John Deere Ag Management Solutions GreenStar® AutoTrac John Deere Ag Management Solutions GreenStar® Parallel Tracking John Deere Commerical Products 4000 TEN Series Compact Utility Tractor John Deere Des Moines Works 2100 Minimum Till Ripper John Deere Des Moines Works 2200 Field Cultivator John Deere Des Moines Works 9986 Cotton Picker John Deere Harvester Works HarvestForm™ John Deere Product Engineering Center 6003 Series Tractors

John Deere Product Engineering Center 5000 TWENTY Series John Deere Product Engineering Center 7000 IVT/AutoPower John Deere Product Engineering Center 9020 and 9020T Tractors John Deere Seeding Group 1760NT MaxEmerge® Plus Planter John Deere Seeding Group 1770NT MaxEmerge® Plus Planter John Deere Seeding Group AccuCount John Deere Seeding Group Electronic Population Rate Control System (EPRC) Kinze Manufacturing Model 3650 Twinline Korvan Industries, Inc. Model 5000 Olive Harvester Kubota Tractor Corporation ZD21 Commerical Zero Diameter Mower Landoll/GFC Bale Band-It Massey Ferguson Model 4300 Orchard Cab Series Mazzei Injector Corp. AirJection® Irrigation Midwest Technologies GuideLine Guidance System Onset Computer Corp. HOBO®Water Temp Pro Onset Computer Corp. HOBO® Weather Station OXBO International Corp. OXBO® Freedom Series™ 3220 Citrus Harvester OXBO International Corp. OXBO Legacy 2440 Harvester RHS, Inc. Outback Guidance® 360 Sinclair International Ltd. Sinclair IQ – Firmness Tester Spectrum Technologies Inc. Field Scout™ TDR 300 Soil Moisture Probe Spectrum Technologies Inc. WatchDog™ Weather Stations Titan International LSW49H Radial R-1W Universiti Putra Malaysia Seedling Transplanter Ver-1 Vermeer Manufacturing Co. Top Gun 185 Power Mulcher Weasler Engineering, Inc. 77 Series Driveline

2001 AE50 Winners List
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