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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, 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 has launched the Spirit 600C InLine combination high capacity seed drill for the UK market, complimenting the Nordic and Fix fertiliser application systems already in the Spirit range. The InLine-version of Spirit places a low fertiliser rate together with the seed in the seed furrow, providing the plant quicker nutrient uptake and shortening the time of emergence.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our 3 Year Extended Warranty. The 3 year Extended Warranty, which is delivered and managed within the Väderstad Company, is available at the time of purchasing any new Vaderstad product.

Väderstad AB, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting has today announced the acquisition of 100 percent of the AGCO-AMITY JV LLC (AAJV). Based out of Wahpeton, North Dakota, AAJV, also known under the name Wil-Rich, will be fully integrated into the Väderstad global group of companies under the company name Vaderstad Inc.

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, introduces two new MixIn shins for the Swift, Cultus, Opus and TopDown cultivators. The new MixIn shins have a conical shape, with a wider top and narrower bottom which gives several extra advantages in field.