type private industry agriculture headquarters peterborough united kingdom area served europe services commercial export legal statistics and technical support shows website www.aea.uk.com agricultural engineers association aea is a trade association in the united kingdom which represents manufacturers and importers of agricultural machinery and outdoor equipment to government parliament and the media . 1 contents 1 history 2 objectives 10 3 references 3.1 references 3.2 bibliography 4 external links history edit 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 . 2 it was incorporated in 1955 as private company limited by guarantee without share capital . 3 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 4 5 6 and organises large events for the industry such as tillage live an annual uk cultivations event focusing on all aspects of crop establishment 7 and scotgrass a triennial grassland event . 8 the aea became a member of the engineering and machinery alliance uk in 2010 . 9 objectives 10 edit 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 references edit references edit aea agricultural engineers association . national rural . retrieved 2012 12 28 . speech by john vickers pdf . bank of england . april 18 2000 . retrieved 2012 12 28 . the agricultural engineers association . duedil . retrieved 2012 12 28 . dicing with death . the daily telegraph . february 24 2004 . retrieved 2012 12 28 . land prices offer farmers a rich harvest . the guardian . may 26 2008 . retrieved 2012 12 28 . aslet clive 2008 . busy lamma . the times . times publishing group . retrieved december 28 2012 . tillage live cultivating new ideas . the scottish farmer . august 31 2011 . retrieved 2012 12 28 . crowds flock to scotgrass 2010 . farmers guide . retrieved 2012 12 28 . agricultural engineers association joins engineering and machinery alliance . eama . march 15 2012 . retrieved 2012 12 28 . aea objectives . aea . retrieved 2012 12 28 . bibliography edit trow smith robert 1975 . power on the land . a centenary history of the agricultural engineers association 1875 1975 . london agripress publicity ltd for the association . isbn 0903458012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title agricultural engineers association & oldid 582420128 categories agricultural organisations based in the united kingdomhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 november 2013 at 20 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view