Jim Watson Equipment
Born for Ag
Jim Watson, the owner, has spent his whole life working in the agricultural. Having spent his childhood assisting his father on the family farm, he developed an immediate and lifelong passion for farming and all things related to agricultural machinery. Over the past half-century, Watson's has grown seed, custom harvested, and transported seed for Pioneer Hi-Bred and hauled grain and vegetables to processors in Canada and the US.
Harvest Operations
His Vision Changed Everything
In 1981, Jim Watson began harvesting seed corn for Pioneer Hi-Bred. He quickly recognized the need for a gentler way to handle the seed., Jim pitched his ideas to Byron Manufacturing, and worked along with their engineers to modify the sweet corn harvester for the seed corn industry. When the prototype was ready, Jim conducted very successful in-field trials of the new “husk-on” system and the rest is history. This equipment is now the standard in seed corn harvesting operations worldwide.
In conjunction with husk-on harvesting, Watson was the first custom harvester to utilize track-machines, tender carts and walking-floor trailers in the North American seed corn industry. These were novel concepts to the agricultural industry at the time, this equipment is now standard equipment internationally.
World Wide Equipment Sales
Jim began his sales career at age seventeen with a feed mixer distributorship that had him trading equipment throughout the United States and Canada. He has cultivated a vast network of satisfied buyers and sellers and connections in equipment and farming businesses. He prides himself on supplying the right equipment for the application. His knowledge and advice have been of great assistance over the years to growers, manufacturers and dealers alike. If you are looking to buy or sell equipment or if you simply have a question, he would be happy to talk to you.
Transportation Services
Farming and custom harvesting naturally led Watson’s to the trucking industry. Jim has been trucking agricultural products for decades, hauling seed, grain and produce from the fields to processing plants and to dealers.