2025
Introduce 4 new products to the market. Disk Ripper, Elite Chisel, Chisel Plow & Drone Spray Fill.
2025
Summers launches StripTill in two models, Verdant & Apex.
2024
Strategic Partnership with Grand Farm out of Fargo, ND & Wheatland, ND as well as PTI- Grand Farm.
2024
Additional sizes added to the Super Coulter Samurai 10', 13' & 23'. Additional Samurai option added to the 3RT.
2024
Additional Samurai option added to the 3RT to provide full tillage to the 3RT platform.
2023
New Hydraulic Land Roller is introduced.
2023
Partnership with Mach to overhaul the Renegade operating system. Variable rate tillage is now at farmers finger tips with the Summers Puck as well as the option to run on either iPad or android tablets.
2022
Strategic Partnership with AgRevival in Gibbon, MN to prove out case study of utilizing VRT tillage technology.
2022
Strategic Partnership with PTI in Ponitac, IL to prove ROI returning practices to farmers
2020
The SuperCoulter Samurai™ is introduced.
2018
The VRT Renegade® is introduced. This flexible tillage tool offers farmers unmatched capabilities for changing tillage intensity on the fly using an iPad.
2018
Summers announces the industry's first 10-year limited warranty on select land roller models.
2017
The new 8-bar Superharrow produces 60 percent more work in a single pass than a harrow with 5 bars.
2017
3RT tillage platform launched for rut filling, reclamation and spot tillage applications.
2016
VT Flex Applicator introduced.
2015
Spray Fill Xpress introduced to greatly reduce the amount of time needed to refill a sprayer, helping farmers spray more acres in a day.
2015
Summers celebrated its 50th Anniversary with open houses in Aberdeen, Devils Lake and Maddock. A limited-edition run of die-cast model Diamond Disks was produced to commemorate the milestone.
2015
Launched the VRT2530, a variable-rate tillage implement that can be adjusted on the go.
2014
Introduced the VRT - Variable Rate Tillage.
2014
New website design rolled out.
2013
Introduced patented mud scrapers on rolling basket attachments.
2013
After outgrowing its Aberdeen facility, Summers constructs a larger building nearby for assembly, parts and distribution.
2013
Offices added to Devils Lake facility.
2010
Another expansion to the Devils Lake facility features a state-of-the art paint system.
2008
The North Dakota Trade Office names Summers Manufacturing the North Dakota Exporter of the Year.
2008
DiskChisel introduced.
2007
Summers Manufacturing proudly becomes 100 percent employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
2006
CoulterChisel and Rolling Choppers introduced.
2005
Land rollers introduced.
2004
Once again, Summers expands the Devils Lake factory.
2002
As demand for products stretches farther south, Summers begins leasing a distribution center in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
2000
After identifying farmers’ needs for a new tillage solution, Summers develops the industry’s first true vertical tillage tool: the Supercoulter. Since then, practically every other manufacturer has emulated this concept, and vertical tillage has become a common term among most farmers.
1999
Supersprayer introduced.
1996
Superchisel introduced.
1994
A series of expansions takes place at the Maddock and Devils Lake facilities from 1994-1997. The added space accommodates the production of Summers’ rapidly growing product line.
1993
Pickup-mounted sprayers introduced.
1992
The Devils Lake facility undergoes its first expansion.
1989
Hydraulic-fold packer and Harrow Packer introduced.
1985
Melroe harrow line acquired by Summers.
1984
Summers introduces a unique new tillage concept with the Herman Diamond Disk. Offering significant advantages over traditional X-frame disks, it changes the way many farmers look at tillage.
1983
Harley Summers earns recognition from the Small Business Administration as North Dakota’s Small Business Person of the Year.
1983
Summers purchases the manufacturing and marketing rights to the Fargo Field Sprayer line of products.
1982
Superweeder introduced.
1980
Summers once again outgrows its Maddock facility. But this time, the company needs more land than is available at the current site. As a result, Summers builds its new 26,000-square-foot factory on 24 acres within the new Devils Lake industrial park.
1980
Summers purchases the manufacturing and marketing rights of Crown rock pickers.
1977
Agri-Sprayer introduced.
1973
Due to overwhelming success, Summers constructs a 20,000-square-foot plant and office building. However, the new space was quickly outgrown, and another 20,000-square-foot assembly plant was added in 1975, bringing the total square footage of the Maddock facility to 47,000.
1970
After collaborating with local farmer Ardon Herman to build a heavy-duty harrow, Summers purchases the rights to manufacture and market the product. Originally known as the Herman Harrow, it quickly helped Summers earn its reputation for building Field Tested Tough agricultural equipment.
1969
Harley Summers incorporates his business, officially naming it Summers Manufacturing Company, Inc.
1965
After searching for new business opportunities, Harley Summers purchases the patent rights for Goebel truck and pickup hoists. He starts manufacturing the products in a small shop but quickly outgrows the space, requiring him to build a 7,200-square-foot factory in Maddock to meet demand.
