Articles Tagged with ''Gary Vermeer''

Shortline Product Innovations

55 Shortline Innovations for 55 Years

A list of the most impactful shortline innovations in Farm Equipment magazine’s 55-year history
To mark Farm Equipment’s 55 year history in 2024, farmers, the farm equipment community and Lessiter Media staff took on a challenge of identifying the 55 greatest innovations from shortline manufacturers since 1969.
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Manufacturer Hall of Fame

The inaugural class of Farm Equipment’s ‘Shortline Legends’ made a permanent dent in the ag equipment universe

Earlier this year, we announced a program that would properly record — for posterity — the individuals whose innovations impacted the machinery and dealer distribution industry in North America over the last 55 years.


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Shortline Legends

Celebrating the Innovations of Independent Farm Equipment Manufacturers: Gary Vermeer

The farmer and tinkerer built Vermeer Corp. into a multinational ag & industrial giant by focusing on helping users do more with less
In 2023, Vermeer Corp. celebrates its 75th anniversary. The company’s roots go back to World War II, when founder Gary Vermeer was looking for a way to speed up the unloading of corn in a tight labor market.
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How We Did It

[Podcast] Conversations with Ag Equipment’s Entrepreneurs: Vermeer Manufacturing

In this episode of the Farm Equipment podcast, “How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment's Entrepreneurs” (sponsored by Osmundson Manufacturing), Editor Mike Lessiter gathers four execs around the dining room table of the late Gary and Matilda Vermeer.
In this episode of the Farm Equipment podcast, “How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment's Entrepreneurs” (sponsored by Osmundson Manufacturing), Editor Mike Lessiter gathers four execs around the dining room table of the late Gary and Matilda Vermeer.
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