Hagie’s STS Application Series Takes Home 2014 IRON Top Honors
December 30, 2014 
Amber Kohlhaas of Hagie Manufacturing accepts the 2014 CropLife IRON Product Of The Year Award from editor Eric Sfiligoj. Hagie won the award for its 2014 STS Series self-propelled sprayer.
Hagie Mfg. is proud to announce that the STS Application Series has been selected as the 2014 CropLife IRON Product of the Year. CropLife IRON Editor Eric Sfiligoj presented the award to Hagie representatives at the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) show in Chicago, IL.
“We started the CropLife IRON Product of the Year to acknowledge the best product of the year in Ag retail equipment,” says Editor Eric Sfiligoj. “And in all the years of conducting this competition, no product has come close to receiving the overwhelming number of votes from our readers as Hagie did this year.”
“Hagie Mfg. is in the business of solving problems. This unique business approach allows us to distinctively focus on providing solutions for optimal growth and the long term success of our customers,” states Alan Hagie, President & CEO. “We appreciate the market recognizing the value that our application solutions deliver to operations and to their bottom line,” added Hagie.
CropLife IRON Product of the Year Award
CropLife IRON readers annually select five products introduced during the current calendar year that they considered “the best of the best.” Readers vote for one month on their favorite among these five nominees to determine which product was the “year’s best.” For 2014, Hagie Mfg.’s STS Series self-propelled sprayer was selected as the best of the year by almost 64% of the CropLife IRON readers, who voted out of a total of just under 2,000 votes cast.
“We never set out to win awards, but to make a real impact, a real difference in the economic drivers that face retailers and producers in today’s market conditions; providing solutions to end customers,” commented Travis D. Stallkamp, Chief Operating Officer/COO. “That is impossible to accomplish without great innovative people taking care of these customers. We are honored that all the hard work of these people, has resulted in this award. We are humbled by the customers that voted for us,” added Stallkamp.
Proven Performance with the STS Application System
The STS Application System, company’s flagship product line, has earned a reputation for optimizing customer growth by providing full season application capability and versatile attachment solutions for performing precise spray, side-dressing, detasseling and cover crop interseeding applications.
For 2014, the pioneers of the industry introduced to the market a revamp of their flagship STS product, featuring a new drive system, cab design, engine and solution system for optimal operator efficiency, safety and performance. In addition, Hagie Mfg.’s High Speed Toolbar (HsTB), Cover Crop Interseeder (CCI) and STS with Tracks, have been named recipients of AE50 awards, deemed to be one of the year’s most innovative designs in engineering products for the food and agriculture industries.
“It is an honor to have three very different products from Hagie Mfg. recognized as AE50 award recipients in the same year. These designations are a testament to our team having deep understanding of the customer, as well as to the technical talent and collaboration that enables our company to quickly deliver innovative product solutions to the market,” states Nick Rieck, Director of Engineering.
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