At a digital press conference earlier this week, SIMA Paris organisers revealed the nominations for the SIMA Innovation Awards. As many as 35 innovations are competing for the coveted medals that will be handed out on 6 November. We list the nominations below.
The SIMA Innovation Awards have been held since 1931. For this year’s edition, there are 5 categories corresponding to the fair’s 5 subdivisions. Thus, there are nominations in the categories “From harvesting to storage”, “Livestock, renewable energy, biomass and materials”, “Robotics and onboard electronics”, “Services and software” and finally “Soil and crop”. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in each category. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 6 November 2022 and throughout SIMA
2022.
Nominations in the “From harvesting to storage” category
- FLEXXIFINGER: Flexxifinger® Multi Crop Valve™
- HYDROKIT: 4PTH 4th point hitch on tractor
- LEMKEN: Automatic slope correction for mechanical weed control.
- MONOSEM: ValoTerra Ultimate
- PRAYSBEE: Curlew spray modules
- VÄDERSTAD: Proceed seeder
Nominations in the “Livestock, renewable energy, biomass and materials” category
- AGCO DISTRIBUTION SAS – DIVISION FENDT/DIVISION MASSEY FERGUSON : ROTANA & MF RB F Protec Rapid Reload System
- CLAAS: PICK UP Profi Contour 300 / 380 Variable
- CLAAS: SMART DENSITY for the Variant 500 press
- KEMPER MASCHINENFABRIK & JOHN DEERE: John Deere R-series pick-up without chain
- KLIM’TOP CONTROLS: Climate manager software
- KRONE FRANCE: System to add additives on a square baler
- NEW HOLLAND AGRICULTURE: Grain Cam
- OLIMAC: Drago Gold sunflower harvester with hydraulic stem shredder
Nominations in the “Robotics and onboard electronics” category
- AMAZONE: Amazon MySprayer smartphone app
- AMAZONE: GPS ScenarioControl
- AMAZONE: UX SmartSprayer
- ECOROBOTIX: ARA the plant-by-plant sprayer
- JOHN DEERE: John Deere Spot-On Weeding with See & Spray™
- KRONE France & LEMKEN: Combined Powers
- ROLLAND: RollControl Access-cible
- TRELLEBORG WHEEL SYSTEMS: Trelleborg ATMS Adaptive Tire Management System
Nominations in the “Services and software” category
- BIORET AGRI DELTA-X – FERTI’SOLUCE®
- COPEEKS: PEEK’TURE Intelligent monitor for meadows and pastures
- EMILY: Vortex autonomous straw blower
- New Holland Agriculture: A circular economy for a negative carbon footprint
- SAMSON / PICHON: ALTA Assistance for spreading on slopes
- SAMSON / PICHON: OPTI-SENSOR NIR sensor on muck spreader
- SAMSON / PICHON SAMSON GSC Section Management
Nominations in the “Soil and crop” category
- AGROSOLUTIONS: Carbon Extract – Easy-to-use measurement tool that supports farms
in their low-carbon transition - BEEGUARD: BEELIVE new generation of sensors that count bees via built-in video analysis
- CLAAS: CEMOS DIALOG – interactive system to optimise combine harvesters during harvesting
- EASY CONNECT: Closed Transfer System (CTS) for liquid crop protection products
- ITK PRESTO: The first automated weekly yield forecast
- MyEasyFarm: MyEasyCarbon
