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Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting and the second generation of the owner family Stark has been awarded Entrepreneurs of the year by Dagens Industri, the biggest business magazine in Scandinavia. The prize is awarded annually to prominent people who run and develop successful companies in a true entrepreneurial spirit.

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.

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.

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, continues to invest heavily in research and development. In March 2021 a new laboratory for component testing in hydraulics and other areas was inaugurated in Väderstad.

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting, has now produced number 1000 of the high precision planter Tempo L. The Tempo L made an immediate impact on world farming when it set the world record in planting back in 2017.