PTx Trimble OutRun wins Davidson Prize for Agriculture Innovation

SAN ANTONIO — PTx Trimble, a brand of PTx, was awarded the Davidson Prize for Agriculture Innovation for a second consecutive year.

Presented during the 2026 Commodity Classic held in San Antonio, the 2026 award recognizes PTx Trimble OutRun | Tillage, a retrofit autonomous tillage system.

“Timeliness of every field task matters — not just to get that task completed, but to hit the optimum agronomic window for each task,” said Darcy Cook, senior director of autonomous solutions at PTx Trimble.

“OutRun | Tillage extends the OutRun system beyond the grain cart operation, which won the 2025 Davidson Prize, and adds autonomous tillage capability for farmers as they work toward full crop cycle autonomy.”

OutRun | Tillage, which can be added to tractors that farmers already own, turns current equipment into driverless tillage machines.

After recording and drawing in-field boundaries, slow zones and no-tillage zones, tractors, paired with tillage implement, will autonomously till the field, freeing up farmers or employees to work on other time-sensitive tasks.

The OutRun autonomy kit is currently compatible with John Deere 8000R and 8R tractors with IVT transmissions and will be compatible with Fendt 900 and 1000 tractors later in 2026. The currently supported tasks for 2026 are autonomous grain cart operation and autonomous tillage.

The Davidson Prize, which is presented by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers in conjunction with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, recognizes extraordinary engineering innovation in agriculture.

“We are thrilled that the PTx team has been honored two years in a row in recognition of the breakthrough engineering work that has been done to bring OutRun to market,” Cook said. “We look forward to continuing our track record of not only innovation, but bringing real-world solutions to farmers.”