MacDon Industries Ltd. is going green.
Under a new agreement, the Winnipeg manufacturer will begin producing select models of John Deere-branded self-propelled windrowers, including draper and auger headers and pull-type auger mower conditioners.
“We’re a full-line equipment manufacturer, but we can’t make everything,” said John Deere spokesperson Barry Nelson.
“By strategically partnering with other companies like MacDon, it allows us to really fill our product line so that we have a comprehensive line for customers to choose from.”
The partnership, announced Jan. 27, is the extension of a relationship that’s more than 30 years old, according to a news release.
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MacDon has previously worked with John Deere through its Frontier group.
“That’s been the relationship in the past with Frontier,” said Nelson.
“Well, now it’s taken a little bigger step by actually having them build John Deere-branded products for us.”
He said John Deere will continue to produce select models of self-propelled windrowers. Specific details about the product lineup stemming from the announcement are being withheld until later this summer.
“The entire windrower product lineup will be fully supported by the John Deere dealer channel,” Derek Bourdrea, John Deere’s global director for baling and mowing, said in a release.
“John Deere will also integrate the full product portfolio into our sales service and parts processes to offer world-class service to hay and forage customers around the world.”
John Deere said the deal will expand its hay and forage portfolio, catering to producers in the dairy, livestock, commercial hay and small grains sectors.
“This is one area where we thought MacDon could help us,” said Nelson.
MacDon’s headquarters and main manufacturing plant are in Winnipeg. It also has facilities in the United States, Australia and Russia, employing more than 1,400 people.
The company specializes in pull-type and self-propelled windrowers and specialty and pick-up headers for combines.
