Historic 100,000th Windrower Rolled Off Production Line in Hesston, Kansas

Hesston by Massey Ferguson® unveiled its historic 100,000th windrower on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, in the midst of the 70^th anniversary of Hesston and 60^th anniversary of the self-propelled windrower celebration at the Hesston manufacturing, in Hesston, Kansas.

The 70-year-old Hesston brand is a leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery, most famous for its high quality haymaking equipment since 1947.  The Honorable David K. Kauffman, Mayor of Hesston, was in attendance and declared it “AGCO Hesston Windrower Day.”

Hesston Mayor David Kauffman

“Manufacturing the 100,000th windrower is a significant achievement for AGCO,” said Robert Crain, AGCO senior vice president and general manager, North America & South America. “The first commercially available windrower was manufactured right here in Hesston, Kansas more than 60 years ago and they are still made here today. The dedication of all of our employees — past and present —have made the Hesston brand the leader in the industry.”

Attending the event was the purchaser of the historic 100,000th windrower — Ray Robinson, of Moo Mountain Milk in Burley, Idaho. Robinson owns six Hesston windrowers.  He farms approximately 5,000 acres himself, and partners with other businesses to farm an additional 30,000 acres. Moo Mountain milks 20,000 cows and employs 350 people, including those at a milk plant he owns an interest in. Robinson, his son Justin and twin grandsons were flown to Hesston for the 100,000th windrower event and look forward to putting the new windrower into operation on the dairy farm as soon as it arrives in Idaho.

Bob Crain,  Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas, spoke on Bloomberg Radio about this special event. Listen to the clip below.

 To see more pictures from the event, please click here.