BBI Spreaders to Participate in 2012 Farm Progress Show

BBI’s summer road show continues, as Denny McCauley will lead the BBI team’s participation at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.

The Farm Progress Show, one of the largest agricultural trade shows in the country, will take place August 28-30.  Show hours will run between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, and from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. on Thursday, August 30.

Joining McCauley in the BBI booth will be Lee Kilpatrick, the company’s sales and marketing director, as well as Russ McEver from inside sales, parts, and electronics.

Billed as “the nation’s greatest agricultural showcase,” the Farm Progress Show enjoys a long history as one of the Midwest’s top farming events. Since its birth in 1953, Farm Progress has been the nation’s leading outdoor farm show, featuring an impressive array of vendors showcasing the most extensive state-of-the art information and cutting-edge technology available for today’s agricultural producers. The show features the country’s top agribusinesses, and manufacturers and suppliers at national level, as well as regional and local exhibitors.

According to the show website, the event “gives visitors have the opportunity to see the latest equipment, seed, crop chemicals, field demonstrations, livestock handling and equine events, Ride ‘n Drive, rural life programs and entertainment, arts and crafts, and more. Farmers and ranchers from across North America and around the world visit the Farm Progress Show to see agriculture’s latest product introductions, meet face-to-face with agribusiness professionals and gain hands-on knowledge.”

McCauley, BBI’s Midwest Territory Manager, will be taking several of the company’s elite spreader models, including MagnaSpread, Endurance, Triad, Liberty, and Grasshopper to Farm Progress. MagnaSpread represents BBI’s line of hydraulic granular fertilizer and lime spreaders optimized for precision agriculture with the company’s standard Binary Manifold, with single-axle, tandem-axle, pull-type, and truck-mount options available.  BBI will showcase three MagnaSpread models at Farm Progress, including a pull-type featuring a 20-ton walking beam suspension, scale system, and plug-to-tractor hydraulic system among many other options.

Also standard-equipped with BBI’s Binary Manifold, Endurance is the company’s first-in-class solution for litter spreading, with pull-type and truck-mount options on offer.  BBI has also optimized Endurance for use with lime shavings and other organics.

Triad, ideal for precision application of dry material, features BBI’s patented three-hopper design for simultaneous distribution of multiple dry nutrients. The design, along with Triad’s compatibility with all leading industry precision technology software, optimizes cost-in-use. Farmers can leverage Triad’s ability to apply more material in fewer passes through the fields, as well as the spreader’s flat spread pattern, which ensures the even distribution of material each time around.

Liberty is BBI’s mechanical granular fertilizer and lime spreader, while Grasshopper is the company’s line optimized for vineyards, row crops, and sod and turf farms.

 “I’m pleased to continue BBI’s tradition of supporting Midwest farming through our great team’s presence at the Farm Progress Show,” stated McCauley. “Our mission is to improve the economics of every BBI customer, and we do that through sophisticated design of rugged, durable spreaders that feature the lowest cost-in-use for the industry.  Not only are our spreaders designed for maximum durability, they are also standard-equipped with ISOBUS technology, for farmers who are leading the way in precision agriculture techniques.”

Dealer Spotlight—West: Smith Equipment Company

Smith Equipment Company of Rupert, Idaho is one of the latest additions to the BBI family of equipment dealers.  One of the top dealers in the western United States, Smith Equipment stocks an array of equipment to meet the needs of ranchers and farmers across 11 states, including its home state of Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana.

From its headquarters in Rupert, Smith Equipment sells and rents equipment and parts, and delivers 24-hour customer service with certified technicians on staff. The company specializes in equipment for four key areas of agribusiness, including fertilizer equipment, manure equipment, livestock equipment, and grain and seed equipment.

In the manure category, Smith is now offering BBI’s Endurance line of pull-type hydraulic spreaders optimized for litter, shavings, and compost applications. With the BBI walking beam suspension, Endurance is more than ready to face the variety of challenging terrains that comprise western farmlands. In addition to the walking beam suspension, all Endurance models feature BBI’s exclusive Binary Manifold as stock equipment. The Binary Manifold is ISOBUS-compatible, which enables western farmers to tie in their spreaders with control and guidance electronics systems designed for precision agriculture.

To address the needs of the high-growth dairy sector in Smith’s geographic footprint, the company will be stocking SideShooter, BBI’s spreader optimized for the delivery of dairy sand.

The Idaho market represents an important growth area for BBI, with a sophisticated group of farmers leading national production in barley and potatoes, as well as a significant presence in the markets for wheat, dairy products, cattle and calves, and hay.

“BBI is honored to have Smith Equipment join our family of dealers,” stated Denny McCauley, BBI’s territory sales manager for the Midwest and Western United States. “John Smith and his team run an incredible business from their home base in Rupert, with a very impressive geographic reach that spans thousands of farmers and ranchers in the West.  It’s great for us to be a part of their thriving operation, and we know that we can help them grow their business with spreaders built to withstand rugged western terrain and deliver first-in-class return on investment through lowest cost-in-use for the industry.”

BBI, Spreader Specialties Taking MagnaSpread to 2012 IDEAg DakotaFest

The BBI summer trade show circuit continues, with our participation in the 2012 IDEAg DakotaFest.

DakotaFest, the premier annual agricultural event in South Dakota, will take place at Schlaffman Farm in Mitchell, South Dakota from August 21-23.  The show connects industry-leading manufacturers with members of the Northern Plains farming and ranching communities. Participants traditionally come to DakotaFest from every county in South Dakota, and significant numbers of ranchers and farmers represent key farming and ranching areas in Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.

BBI’s Denny McCauley will be attending DakotaFest, along with one of our key partners for the area, Mike Olson of Spreader Specialties.  Spreader Specialties works with farmers in the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Iowa, ensuring that farmers in these areas are equipped with the latest offerings in BBI spreaders, parts, service, and technology for precision farming capabilities.

At this year’s DakotaFest, McCauley and Olson will be demonstrating MagnaSpread, BBI’s line of spreaders optimized for granular fertilizer and lime applications.  The MagnaSpread series, available in both truck-mount and pull-type single-axle and tandem-axle versions, features the ISOBUS-compatible BBI Binary Manifold as standard equipment. The Binary Manifold connects with a variety of precision farming technology software systems from every manufacturer currently leveraging the ISOBUS platform.

IDEAg projects that over 30,000 attendees will connect with 550 leading companies in the farming industry over the course of the three-day event in Mitchell. In addition to manufacturer exhibitions, DakotaFest will feature educational forums on a number of timely farming topics, as well as field and livestock demonstrations that will showcase the latest advancements in agribusiness.

“We are proud to attend this year’s DakotaFest with Mike Olson of Spreader Specialties,” stated Lee Kilpatrick, Director of Sales and Marketing at BBI Spreaders. “Mike is a great partner for us in the Northern Plains, and he does a fantastic job of addressing the needs of farmers in this region for BBI’s spreaders, parts, service, and our emerging electronics tools for precision agriculture. The farmers and ranchers in this part of the country are critical to feeding the world and doing so in a way that will be sustainable and profitable. We’re honored to work with them.”

For more information on the 2012 IDEAg DakotaFest, please visit the show website at http://www.ideaggroup.com/dakotafest.

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