“Being part of the harvesting team, the window for testing is often narrow. When farmers are ready to harvest, the design needs to be in place. Engineers need to put their best foot forward the first time–because they may not get a second chance.”

My name is John Haupt, and I’m responsible for the Harvesting Global Product Platform. Our farmers are under continuous pressure for their input costs. One of the significant input costs is the price of our machines. So, our responsibility as partners with our farmers… is to have cost-effective products that …