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     Products winning the 2005 AE50 awards represent the best and the brightest developed around the globe for the agricultural, food, and biological systems industries.
      The innovations awarded and highlighted in this issue were selected from numerous entries in the competition sponsored by Resource. The judges who chose the winners represent all facets of the agricultural, food, biological, and related systems engineering professions. The expert panel picked the best of products first introduced to the marketplace during 2004. 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 applauding engineering achievements for more than a decade. Past winners include companies of all sizes throughout the world.
      From better tractors and implements to computer software and high-tech electronic measuring devices and sensors, the 2005 AE50 winners cover a wide gamut. The AE50 is the only awards program of its kind to reward companies for developments in specific areas of agricultural, food, and biological systems.
      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.
      For information on how to enter next year’s competition, please contact Sandy Rutter, 269-429-0300 ext. 345 or rutter@asabe.org. Information on the AE50 and Resource magazine is also available on the ASAE Web site, www.asabe.org.

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Individual winners can be viewed below.

AE50 2005 Winners Index

AGCO Corporation
GTA Yield Sensor

AGCO Corporation
Hesston 9040 Advanced Conditioner Auger Header, Challenger AHB TwinMax Auger Header

Cameco, a John Deere Company
Fixed-Blade Ejector Scrapers

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.
N-Ject LF™

Cat Lift Trucks
E7000-E12000: 7000-12000 lbs. Capacity Electric Lift Truck Family

Cat Lift Trucks
NR3000 Series 24-Volt Reach Trucks

Cequent Trailer Products
BULLDOG^® 25,000 & 30,000 lb. Gooseneck Coupler

CLAAS Omaha LLC
C516, 16-row Corn Head Technology

CLAAS Omaha LLC
Hybrid Processor Tech (Tri-Cylinder Threshing/Twin-Rotary Separation)

CLAAS Omaha LLC
MaxFlex™ Technology

CLAAS Omaha LLC
Multi-finger Separation System (MSS)

CNH America LLC
ASM 24/20 Planter

CNH America, LLC/New Holland
HW-5 Series Speedrower™ Self-Propelled Windrowers

Computronics Corporation Ltd.
Farmscan 5400 Professional

The CP^® Products Company, Inc.
CP-65T-S Sprayer Turbo Nozzle

Deere & Company
4000 Twenty Series Compact Utility Tractor

Faulring Mechanical Devices, Inc.
Baby Root Hog Harvester

GK Machine, Inc.
4W6-T Track Sprayer

Headwall Photonics Inc.
HyperSpec™ VS Imaging Spectrograph

HYPRO
Versa-Twin 2100 Series Pump

International Innovative Technology, Inc.
Matrix Plant Transfer and Transplanting System

John Deere Ag Managment Solutions
Harvest Doc Cotton™ Yield Mapping System

John Deere Ag Managment Solutions
StarFire RTK

John Deere Des Moines Works
4920 Self-Propelled Sprayer

John Deere Des Moines Works
9996 Cotton Picker

John Deere Des Moines Works
PRO-12™ VRS

John Deere Seeding Group
MaxEmerge™ XP and Pro-Series™ XP Row Unit

John Deere Turf Care
2500E Triplex Greensmower

Kubota Tractor Corporation
RTV900 Utility Vehicle

Kubota Tractor Corporation
ZG Zero-Turn Mower

Leon's Mfg. Company Inc.
ASL Front End Loader

Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks
FGC15N-FGC33N 3000-6500 lb. Capacity Internal Combustion Cushion Tire Family

Nelson Irrigation Corporation
PC-R3000 Rotator^®

Rain Bird Corporation, Agri-Products Division
LF1200™ Series Sprinkler

Sauer-Danfoss
PLUS 1™ Microcontrollers with GUIDE Programming Software
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Spectrum^® Technologies Inc.
Spec7 Pro™ Software

SprayTarget
VariTarget™ Nozzle

The Toro Co.
Workman e-2050 Electric Utility Vehicle

Vermeer Manufacturing Company
600 M Series Baler

Vermeer Manufacturing Company
Paddle Tine Conditioner

Vermeer Manufacturing Company
R2800 TwinRake

Vermeer Manufacturing Company
TM Rebel™ Series Disc Mowers

Walla Walla Sprinkler Company, subsidiary of Nelson Irrigation Corporation
MP1000 Rotator^® Sprinkler

Weasler Engineering, Inc.
Compact Automatic Clutch

Links to Winners in Prior Years
2004 AE50 Winners List
2003 AE50 Winners List
2002 AE50 Winners List
2001 AE50 Winners List
2000 AE50 Winners List
1999 AE50 Winners List
1998 AE50 Winners List
1997 AE50 Winners List
1996 AE50 Winners List

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