The Drago Corn Head Story – Continuing Growth

Machinery Pete Podcast

Machinery Pete has a conversation with Dustin Bollig, VP Sales/Marketing Dir. with Dragotec USA, the North American distributor of Drago corn heads. Bollig relays the tale of how his family brought the Italian made corn head, which dates back to 1954, over to the U.S. and their Fenton, IA farm/factory in 2001 and the explosive growth the company has been seeing and reasons behind the growth.

• [:31] - Machinery Pete’s latest on the used equipment market
• [7:52] - Interview with Dustin begins
• [9:20] - Drago’s early days and starting up in Iowa
• [17:45] - What Dustin loves about selling corn heads
• [19:45] - Less header loss and customer feedback
• [25:31] - Downed corn, header ROI
• [31:09] - New product and demand
• [40:45] - About the Italy plant
• [43:20] - Operations in Iowa
• [45:31] - Final words from Machinery Pete

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