Agricultural Engineers Association

The AEA was established in 1875 to promote the commercial, technical and trade interests of British manufacturers and suppliers of agricultural machinery and celebrated its 125th anniversary in London on 18 April 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/speeches/2000/speech83.pdf |title=Speech by John Vickers |publisher=Bank of England |date=April 18, 2000 |access-date=2012-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803162948/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/speeches/2000/speech83.pdf |archive-date=August 3, 2012 |url-status=dead }} It was incorporated in 1955 as private company limited by guarantee without share capital.{{cite web|url=https://www.duedil.com/company/00544745/the-agricultural-engineers-association |title=The Agricultural Engineers Association |publisher=Duedil |access-date=2012-12-28}} It now also champions the cause of manufacturers of outdoor power equipment and its current members cover a broad spectrum of manufacturers of land based equipment.

The AEA issues trade statistics and commentary for the national media{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/2727032/Dicing-with-death.html |title=Dicing with death |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=February 24, 2004 |access-date=2012-12-28}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/may/26/ruralaffairs.food?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Land prices offer farmers a rich harvest |publisher=The Guardian |date=May 26, 2008 |access-date=2012-12-28}}{{cite journal |last1=Aslet |first1=Clive |year=2008 |title=Busy LAMMA |journal=The Times|publisher=Times Publishing Group |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Migration/article111638.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130422061323/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Migration/article111638.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2013|access-date=December 28, 2012}} and organises large events for the industry such as Tillage Live, an annual UK cultivations event focusing on all aspects of crop establishment,{{cite web |url=http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/arable/tillage-live-cultivating-new-ideas.14949178 |title=Tillage-Live cultivating new ideas |publisher=The Scottish Farmer |date=August 31, 2011 |access-date=2012-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071425/http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/arable/tillage-live-cultivating-new-ideas.14949178 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} and ScotGrass, a triennial grassland event.{{cite web|url=http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/machinery/machinery-news/crowds-flock-to-scotgrass-2010/31921.article |title=Crowds flock to Scotgrass 2010 |publisher=Farmers Guide |access-date=2012-12-28}}

The AEA became a member of the Engineering and Machinery Alliance, UK, in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.eama.info/pr_20.htm |title=Agricultural Engineers Association joins Engineering and Machinery Alliance |date= March 15, 2012 |publisher=EAMA |access-date=2012-12-28}}

• To safeguard and promote the interests of manufacturers and wholesale distributors
• To promote, support or oppose legislation or other measures affecting the interests of the industry
• To co-operate and negotiate with Government and other bodies interested or concerned in export and import trade
• To promote, maintain and assist scientific research, invention and technical development
• To promote, conduct, manage and co-operate with Associations, Clubs, Societies and other bodies in promoting, conducting or managing shows, exhibitions and demonstrations

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• {{cite book |last1=Trow-Smith |first1=Robert |title= Power on the Land. A centenary history of the Agricultural Engineers Association, 1875-1975 |year= 1975 |publisher = Agripress Publicity Ltd for the Association |location =London |isbn = 0903458012}}

• {{Official website|http://www.aea.uk.com/}}

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Category:Agricultural organisations based in the United Kingdom