Topcon Agriculture Launches Value Line Steering for Small and Medium Farms

Topcon Agriculture's new Value Line Steering brings affordable precision autosteering technology for small and medium-sized farms to advanced farming technology.

California, USA - Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., an agriculture company has launched its new Value Line Steering solution, tailored for farmers with mid-range tractors on small to medium-sized farms. This launch marks a major step in making autosteering technology, traditionally reserved for larger equipment, accessible to a wider range of farmers.

The Value Line Steering solution includes a GNSS receiver, electric steering wheel controller, touchscreen console, and Horizon Lite software for front-wheel-steer tractors. Farmers can also add local, satellite, or RTK correction services like Topcon’s Topnet Live for enhanced precision.

Autosteering enables more efficient resource use, lowering input costs for seeds, fertilizers, and fuel. This boosts farm profitability while promoting sustainable farming practices. The enhanced accuracy in field operations can also result in higher crop yields, further increasing profitability.

Farmers across different agricultural sectors, including commodity crops, specialty crops, and mixed farming systems, can experience significant operational benefits by adopting this technology.

Mr. Antonio Marzia, Vice president and GM of Topcon Agriculture, said, At Topcon Agriculture, we are committed to the democratization of technology — putting precision agriculture technology in the hands of more farmers throughout the world. With the Value Line, we are opening up opportunities for farmers who have older or smaller machinery, or smaller specialty farms, to boost the value of their machinery, with autosteering technology that is based on our proven premium steering technology used for decades on larger machines.

“There is tremendous potential for growth in the agriculture industry, and Value Line is another step for Topcon in being a preferred partner in this evolving landscape by fostering adoption and effective collaboration both with OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and the farmer. We are a global company with decades of precision technology experience with engineering, R&D, and manufacturing operations on multiple continents, along with a global network of dealers for sales and support. Designed with quality in mind, Topcon facilities across the world, such as Germany, Italy, and the United States, are providing the display consoles, steering wheels, and receivers.”