A New Chapter in Oliver Heritage
2010 AGCO Legacy Tractors

By Jason Hasert

We interrupt your normally scheduled article series of the Wide, Wide World of White to bring Oliver Heritage readers breaking news from the 21st Century on the legacy of the Oliver line that is taking place today at the AGCO Corporation. The Wide, Wide World of White will return to its regular schedule with the interesting story of White Motor Corporation and its involvement in the agriculture industry through Oliver and its sister brands as the company formed the WHITE Boss line of tractors, combines and implements in 1975. The 1975 WHITE story will be postponed until issue number 37 of Oliver Heritage. And now for the news................

The Oliver story has had many chapters over the past three centuries. The story began 1855 when James Oliver bought interest in a foundry in Mishawaka, IN. This small but busy foundry eventually grew into a global company known as the Oliver Chilled Plow Works that would expand into an innovative legacy of tillage, seeding, haying, mechanized harvesting and tractor production. The newest chapter in the 21st Century of the legacy of Oliver includes the Massey Ferguson brand and the Caterpillar inspired Challenger brand.

Over the past few issues of Oliver Heritage the Wide, Wide World of White has traced the formation of the WHITE Farm Equipment brand from 1970-1975. The story is still growing today and I felt it was important in this issue of Oliver Heritage to cover the beginning of a whole new chapter in the legacy of Oliver in 2010. That new story will include Massey Ferguson and Challenger.

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