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Farm Depot Takes on Summers Manufacturing Line

May 10, 2024 | Posted in Dealer News, Manufacturer News

With this new dealer relationship, farmers in Michigan can expect a comprehensive range of Summers’ state-of-the-art products, including tillage, land rollers, application products, rock removal equipment, and mounted attachments.

Looking Back: A Lot of Change in Shortline Equipment

A Look Back on Farm Equipment with: Hans Rasmussen, Business Development, Summers Manufacturing, Bloomington, Ill.

By Hans Rasmussen posted on September 6, 2023 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets

Back in the 1980s, when I started in equipment sales in Ontario, Canada it was a tough time for farmers because interest rates were 23% as compared to today’s rates at 7-9%.

Summers Manufacturing Taps Rasmussen for Dealer Development Role

April 17, 2023 | Posted in Manufacturer News

Hans Rasmussen has joined Devils Lake, N.D.-based Summers Manufacturing, where he will help strengthen the company's dealer base in Ontario, Canada, and throughout the Midwest.

Summers Manufacturing Promotes Fortin to South Dakota Territory Manager

August 24, 2022 | Posted in Manufacturer News

In his new position, Bake Fortin will travel throughout the state to work closely with dealers and customers. He will also attend trade shows, conduct field demonstrations, place orders, and ensure the successful delivery and implementation of products.

Summers Manufacturing Appoints Jeremy Trostad as Director of Operations

August 5, 2022 | Posted in Manufacturer News

Summers Manufacturing has promoted Jeremy Trostad to Director of Operations. He will now support the production and engineering departments to help achieve company objectives.

Matthew Volkmar New Summers Director of Sales and Marketing

Summers Manufacturing Hires Director of Sales and Marketing

January 6, 2022 | Posted in Manufacturer News

Summers Manufacturing has hired Matthew Volkmar as its new Director of Sales and Marketing. In this position, Volkmar will help forecast equipment sales and lead the company’s territory managers in achieving those goals.

Great Plains Turbo-Seeder Cover Crop Seeder

By Ben Thorpe posted on October 8, 2021 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions

The Turbo-Seeder cover crop attachment for Turbo-Max and Terra-Max offers a productive method for broadcast seeding cover crops with a vertical or hybrid tillage tool.

Last Year’s Weather is Pushing No-Till Farmers to Look at Emergency Tillage

By Ben Thorpe posted on March 24, 2020 | Posted in Best Practices

Regardless of tillage practices, no growers were safe from last year’s weather. With the summer’s moisture sticking around into the fall (and in some places into the winter), many growers missed crucial fall tillage to get their seedbeds ready.

What Tillage Practices Will Get Growers Back on Their Feet This Spring?

Following last year’s weather problems, dealers will likely see growers leaning into a variety of tillage practices to catch up where last year put them behind. Manufacturers share what they expect to see.

By Ben Thorpe posted on March 23, 2020 | Posted in Best Practices, Product Innovations & Introductions

The 2019 planting season wasn’t kind to growers in North America. Overly wet conditions plagued them at every turn, which for many created tough working conditions in their fields.

Summers VT Flex Applicator

January 10, 2020 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions, Tillage

The new VT Flex Applicator from Summers is a fully customizable fertilizer application tool, allowing operators to precisely place up to three fertilizer mediums (dry, liquid and anhydrous ammonia) at high rates simultaneously while maintaining speeds up to 8 mph.

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