Farm Equipment Company Expanding

Steven Coursolle | Dec 1, 2017 AT 4:32 am

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(KNSI) - A St. Cloud company that manufactures headers for combines is expanding and hiring more full-time employees after receiving a state grant.

Geringhoff Manufacturing LLC will be adding a second assembly line to launch a new product called a draper, that harvests soybeans, wheat and small grains.



President and CEO Tosh Brinkerhoff says they're hiring 20 employees, including welders and assembly line workers because the agriculture sector is growing.



"There's been a turnaround in the ag industry in general, it's been down for the past four or five years, and we're starting to see an uptick as customers are starting to buy new equipment."



Brinkerhoff says they don't have to go far to find qualified workers.



"We have had good luck in working with for example the tech college here in St. Cloud, to find some skilled welders."



He says since agriculture is so prevalent in central Minnesota there are a lot of potential employees who have farming experience and just an interest in agriculture in general.



The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) issued a grant to the company for $170,000 that will help fund the hiring and payroll for the new positions.



Geringhoff is investing $500,000 in upgrades and new equipment for the new assembly line which will be fully operational by the end of February.



Geringhoff has been in St. Cloud since 2012 and has been in business since 1880 when it was founded in Germany.











Posted By Steven Coursolle News Anchor A Burnsville native, joined the KNSI News team in 2015 after graduating with a degree in Mass Communications - Radio Broadcasting from St. Cloud State University in December of 2014. While at St. Cloud State, Steven worked for 88.1 FM KVSC as a news anchor/reporter for two years and produced the news for a year at the campus television station - UTVS. He was also Co-President of SCSU's chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. In his free time, Steven enjoys watching Minnesota Twins baseball and snowboarding every winter for 15-plus years.