2020s – Increased demand and US expansion
Between 2020 and 2023, Väderstad more than doubled its sales from 3.4 BSEK in FY20 to 7 BSEK in FY23. We have also continued our expansion, entering the US market with the 2021 acquisition of Väderstad Inc. in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Väderstad Components expanding
Väderstad Components in Överum has expanded its factory and production line for the past two years to meet the growing demand for genuine parts. The factory has been rebuilt and expanded by an additional 2,000 m². The company manufactures key wear parts for Väderstad's agricultural machinery and employs more than 50 people. The manufacturing process is automated using high-tech machinery and advanced robotics.
Väderstad Components in Överum, Sweden
Production of Proceed starts in 2025
Proceed launches to the world
In 2021, we showcased our latest innovation, Proceed. Proceed represents a significant technological leap, capable of placing a number of seeds with perfect precision – enabling farmers to achieve more output from less input. Proceed has since won several awards, most notably Farm Machine 2022 and Farm Machine 2023. Production of Proceed starts in 2025.
Seed Hawk celebrates 30 years
The Seed Hawk concept, created in 1991, has since been a leader in zero-till and min-till farming practices. In 2006, Väderstad acquired 49% of the Canadian company, and the remainder in 2013. In 2017, the company was renamed Väderstad Industries Inc. and continues to gain ground among Canadian farmers, changing the face of agriculture with its innovative Seed Hawk opener assembly, Sectional Control Technology, the iCon wireless Control System, and Fenix III metering.
Agritechnica 2023 saw the world premiere of Seed Hawk 600-900C, built on the same well-proven concept but designed specifically for the European and international markets.
Seed Hawk 84 air seeder with Precision Delivery 1000 air cart
Väderstad enters the US market
In May 2021, Väderstad bought 100 percent of AGCO-Amity JV LLC (AAJV), a company that manufactured, designed, and supported the Wil-Rich, Wishek, and Concord product brands with 270 dealers worldwide, most of them in the US. With its manufacturing plant in Wahpeton, North Dakota, AAJV was fully integrated into Väderstad's growing global group of companies under the company name Vaderstad Inc.
Vaderstad Inc. in Wahpeton, North Dakota
In 2022, Väderstad celebrated 60 years of new solutions
Väderstad celebrates 60 years of new solutions
In 2022, Väderstad celebrated 60 years of new solutions. For 60 years, we have been changing agriculture, bringing new innovations and solutions to the market, making the everyday working life for farmers all over the world easier and more efficient.
– We are on a global journey together with our customers, a journey to find new ways to work their fields and grow their crops, to present new solutions that will improve their results further and make them even more competitive. We are grateful that an increasing number of farmers choose us as their partner for tillage, drilling and planting. We do everything we can, every day, to continuously meet or exceed their expectations, says Henrik Gilstring, CEO of Väderstad Group and third generation of the owner family.
Väderstad acquires inter-row cultivators
In February 2023, Väderstad acquired the inter-row cultivator segment from the Danish company Thyregod. The new product family in tillage was rebranded to Väderstad’s colours and named Extract.
Väderstad acquired Thyregod inter-row cultivators
– The Extract family of inter-row cultivators is a perfect match to our current portfolio of Tempo planters, to our new technologies for seeding with the upcoming Proceed concept and for future sustainable and efficient farming. It is also a new product segment for us at Väderstad, and one that we see a big potential for in the market, says Mattias Hovnert, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing at Väderstad.
Prescription map tillage
During a press event in Austria in September 2023, Väderstad showcased our first-ever cultivator prepared for pairing with an autonomous tractor. With the help of Väderstad’s E-services, TopDown and Opus can use prescription map tillage, controlling machine settings such as working depth or intensity of the discs, tines, levellers, or packer automatically on the go using a field map. Väderstad TopDown with E-Control was also awarded as Farm Machine 2024 in the tillage category.
Väderstad TopDown with E-Control was awarded as Farm Machine 2024