Special Report

Technology is “incredible” says Krone exec

Krone, NA President and CEO, Rusty Fowler, says he can’t say enough about the technology available for farmers today.    Krone North America, based in Memphis, Tennessee, makes specialty hay and forage equipment.  They belong to a German parent company that’s privately owned.

He tells Brownfield Ag News, “The technology cycle, in past years, might be five or six years before you really saw something new. In today’s world, in equipment manufacturing, the technology cycle is about two years. And, if you want to have a more productive operation and you want more efficiencies, you really have to take advantage of all the new technology.”

Fowler adds, “For a guy that used to sell tractors without cabs, I mean, I remember selling tractors and it was unusual for me to sell a cab tractor.  Now, look at today. I can’t talk enough about technology.”

Krone is featuring their new model high-speed Big Square Baler which he says reflects Krone’s goals fo developing equipment for farmers that lowers their costs per unit of production.

Fowler is one of the equipment executives who got together years ago to develop the concept behind AG CONNECT.  And that is, to bring everyone from the owners to other top executives to engineers and staff members to the expo so farmers can talk directly with them.  Fowler says, “If someone wants to come to my exhibit and talk about not only what’s going on today but what’s going on in the future and how new technology can help them do what they want to do, that’s the purpose of Ag Connect.”

Fower is past chair of AEM, 2012/13 Ag Sector Board member and a 2013 member of the board of directors.

AUDIO: Rusty Fowler (6:00 mp3)