Hay and Forage Industries

Hay and Forage Industries
Successor	AGCO
Defunct	2000
Headquarters	Hesston, KS, USA
Products	agriculture machinery, swathers, hay baler, hay equipment
Parent	formerly Hesston (AGCO) 50%; Case IH 50%

Hay and Forage Industries (HFI) was based in Hesston, KS, USA and was a 50/50 joint venture between Hesston (AGCO) and Case IH. HFI produced swathers. hay balers and other hay equipment under the Hesston, Case IH, and later AGCO-Allis for sale in America, New Idea, Massey Ferguson, Challenger Equipment and AGCO brands after the complete sale to AGCO.

In 2000, as Case IH was looking to merge with New Holland, AGCO offered to buy Case IH's 50% interest in HFI, and they accepted. The company was renamed as part of AGCO, and the Case IH line of hay equipment was discontinued in 2001.^[1]^[2]

The facility was previously just Hesston, which was in turn owned by Fiat of Italy since 1977. In 1991, Fiat sold its interest in the factory to Case IH and AGCO, and Fiat purchased New Holland. Fiat then purchased Case IH in 2000 and merged it with New Holland, which would have had Fiat re-purchasing the Hesston facility it had previously sold. (!!)

Models built at HFI (AGCO/CIH jv)[]

Swather Models built at HFI
Model	Horsepower	Engine Type	Misc Notes
AGCO-Allis 8110 S	96 hp (72 kW)	Cummins	sold in South America
AGCO-Allis 8500	152 hp (113 kW)	Cummins	sold in South America
Case IH 8820
Case IH 8825	80 hp (60 kW)	Cummins
Case IH 8825HP	110 hp (82 kW)	Case IH
Case IH 8830	75 hp (56 kW)
Case IH 8840	98 hp (73 kW)
Case IH 8850
Case IH 8850 HP
Case IH 8860	80 hp (60 kW)	Case IH
Case IH 8860 HP	110 hp (82 kW)	Case IH
Case IH 8870	110 hp (82 kW)	Case IH
Case IH 8880	152 hp (113 kW)	Case IH
Case IH 8880 HP		Case IH
Hesston 8100
Hesston 8110
Hesston 8110S	110 hp (82 kW)	Cummins
Hesston 8200	80 hp (60 kW)	Cummins
Hesston 8250	80 hp (60 kW)	Cummins
Hesston 8250S	110 hp (82 kW)	Cummins
Hesston 8400	85 hp (63 kW)
Hesston 8450	110 hp (82 kW)	Cummins
Hesston 8500	152 hp (113 kW)	Cummins
Hesston 8550	152 hp (113 kW)
Hesston 8550S	165 hp (123 kW)	Cummins

References[]

External Links[]

AGCO Group v • t • e

Main Brands:
Fendt • Massey Ferguson • Valtra

Other Brands:
Challenger Equipment • Gleaner • Hesston • RoGator • Sunflower • TerraGator • White Planters

Former Brands:
Ag-Chem • AGCO Tractors • AGCO-Allis • Agcostar • Dronningborg • Landini (sold to ARGO) • Laverda • Lely • McConnell Tractors • Spra-Coupe • White • Willmar

AGCO Divisions:
AGCO Power

Joint Ventures (Partner + % share):
AGCO-RM • Al Jadah • NefAZ • TAFE (20.7%) •

Licensees (Current and Historical):
AHS • Bozok • Ekip • [Farmwell (Sri Lanka)]] • Hattat • IMT • ITMCo (Baskent • Eder Derdison • GIAD • Hars • ITM • Jacobsen Corporation • KTMCO • LSG • Motira • MTF • TajIran • UgIran • VenIran) • Mavci • Maxion • Mehmet Simseker • Millat • M.R.S. • Smallholder • STMC • Sutcliff • TAFE • Türk Traktör • Ursus • Uzel

Suppliers (Current and Historical):
Agrale • Agritalia (Carraro) • AMF • Claas • Cletrac • David Brown • Deutz-Fahr • Dronningborg • Dura • Ebro • Eicher Motors • Erickson • Fendt • Fermec • Fiat Tractor Company • FNV • Gutbrod • Hattat • Hesston • Hinomoto • Ingersoll • International Harvester • Iseki • Landini • Laverda • LG Tractors • MacDon/Kilbery • Mancini • Massey Combines Corporation • McConnell Tractors • Mengele • Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery • MTD Products • Müller • Renault Agriculture • SAME • Sampo Rosenlew • Santal • Simplicity • Snapper • Steiger • TAFE • Toyosha • Tractor Aubervilliers • Universal (UTB) • Wallis • White Farm Equipment • White • New Idea

Acquisitions
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[1] ttp://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=59981

[2] ttp://westernfarmpress.com/agco-begins-construction-kansas-combines-facility

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