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Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting,
welcomes both a new CEO and a new chairman of the board in February. Henrik
Gilstring, grandchild to Väderstad’s founder Rune Stark, takes over as new CEO after Mats Båverud. At the same time, Mikael Jonson steps into the role as new chairman of the board.

Väderstad, one of the world's leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, announces expansion of its U.S. footprint with a new state of the art multi-functional facility at its U.S. headquarters in Wahpeton, ND. 

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, reached a record turnover of 420 MEUR during the financial year of 2021. It was another record year in sales for Väderstad.

Crister Stark, part of Väderstad’s owner family and Innovation Manager at the company, is awarded the gold medal by The Royal Forest and Agricultural academy in Sweden, KSLA. His father, Väderstads’ founder Rune Stark, was also awarded a prize from KSLA back in 1993.

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, introduces the new product innovation Väderstad Proceed. Proceed is a new seeding machinery category, where one single machine increases the yield potential of a full range of crops – such as wheat, barley, oilseed rape, sugar beet, peas, maize, sunflower, and many more.

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, is proud to announce the new cooperation with the German crop production system Nexat. Nexat, who was just awarded the gold innovation award by DLG, is based on an electrically driven carrier vehicle with a working width of up to 24 metres that can handle all steps of the working process for the farmer - and is prepared for complete autonomation.

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, introduces the new Tempo L 16-24 Central Fill. By handling both seed and fertilizer in a bulk system, the capacity of the world-record planter is increased even further.

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, is proud to introduce the new product family Inspire - focused on bringing excellent seeding results to the 12-metre seed drill segment. Then new Väderstad Inspire 1200C/S is designed to combine high capacity with an exact seeding precision.

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, celebrates the 30^th anniversary of our seed drill Rapid. Since its launch in 1991 Väderstad has sold almost 28 000 Rapid machines to farmers all over the world looking for a reliant machine suited to all possible conditions.

Väderstad AB, one of the world's leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, made a big splash introducing themselves at the 41st annual Big Iron Farm Show in Fargo, North Dakota – taking home the top prize for Best in Show Outdoor Display.