360 Yield Center Announces Allied Distribution Agreement with Deere

John Deere dealers to sell and support nutrient application products

Morton, Ill., June 7, 2016 — 360 Yield Center has entered a multi-national allied distribution agreement with Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) that allows 360 Y-DROP® and 360 UNDERCOVER® application products to be sold and supported through the John Deere dealer channel in the U.S. and Canada.

With the recent announcement by Deere of the joint venture with Hagie Manufacturing to sell and service Hagie high-clearance sprayers, the distribution agreement with 360 Yield Center will bring more alignment and innovative technology to the Deere and Hagie sprayer line-up.

“Demand for the 360 Yield Center nitrogen utilization products is tremendous. That’s why we are please with this allied distribution agreement with Deere,” says Gregg Sauder, president, 360 Yield Center. “We can now service and support more customers through the broadest dealer network in the U.S. and Canada. We have had a successful marketing partnership with Hagie and we are excited to extend this relationship to John Deere, their dealers, and their self-propelled sprayer and nutrient applicator line-up.”

Both 360 Y-DROP and 360 UNDERCOVER from the line of 360 Yield Center application products will be sold and supported by John Deere dealers in the near future.

“This innovative application technology from 360 Yield Center,” says John May, president, agricultural solutions and chief information officer, John Deere, “helps to improve timing and placement of nutrients with John Deere and Hagie application equipment, including self-propelled sprayers and toolbars. John Deere dealers will be able to provide sales and service support for these application products to help producers apply in-season nitrogen and plant health products where and when it’s needed.”

For more information about John Deere and Hagie self-propelled sprayers and nutrient application products, please check www.JohnDeere.com/ag and www.Hagie.com.

To learn more about 360 Yield Center, and it’s most recent product updates, visit www.360YieldCenter.com.

360 Yield Center was founded by Gregg Sauder in 2013. The company creates products that improve the availability and efficiency of plant nutrients. After twenty years developing products to boost planting accuracy at Precision Planting, Gregg, his son Tim and a team of inventors and agronomists are shifting focus to improve the timing, placement, accuracy and access to nitrogen and plant health products. With over half of the company’s 70 employees involved in research and engineering, the Morton, Illinois based company has launched a broad line of nitrogen-enhancing retrofit products for sprayers, side dress bars, rippers, and corn heads. For more information, visit www.360yieldcenter.com.

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