Farm show highlights what’s new

GIFFORD, Ill. — Over 175 exhibitors showcased their products and services to thousands of visitors during the annual Midwest Ag Expo at Gordyville USA.

Among the many businesses featuring new equipment and products was Falcon Equipment and Supply Company, of Ogden.

“We’re featuring a brand new Bad Boy mower with a rear discharge. It’s the first year they’re doing a rear discharge. That’s pretty cool and we’re excited to see how that does,” said Lucinda Paganin, who co-owns Falcon Equipment and Supply Company with her brother, Matt Knoop.

“Also, Bad Boy recently came out with a UTV and that’s the thing that people have most been interested in at the show. There’s also been a lot of interest in the Grasshopper mowers, Landmaster UTVs and the Agri-cover tarps.

“The show is great. We love this show every year. We’ve got a great number of people coming through. Everybody is interested in the different products we offer.”

Fifth Year

The siblings started Falcon Equipment and Supply in July 2019.

“We started with Bad Boy mowers and we’ve grown since then,” Paganin said. “We really love the lawn industry. Our background is in agriculture and we’re still really involved in agriculture.

“We are working with a company out of Kansas, Farmada, and they do anhydrous toolbars. So, we’ve still got our hands in agriculture and we still love it.

“We have some niche products where we cover North America, but for most of our products we have a pretty wide market footprint in central Illinois, depending on what product we’re talking about.”

The business hosted the NEXAT — Next Generation Agriculture Technology — last summer at its Ogden dealership and was also featured at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur.

The NEXAT is an autonomous all-in-one machine that can be used for tillage, planting, spraying and harvesting. The interchangeable implements are mounted between four large electrically driven tracks, carrying the modules rather than pulling them.