Canada firm expands in Wisconsin to hire more farm-raised engineers


Canada firm expands in Wisconsin to hire more farm-raised engineers


MacDon Enterprises, Inc., a Canadian maker of harvesting equipment, broke ground on a research and development facility in Sun Prairie this spring. The building will enable the company to double its Madison-area workforce to about 20.

MacDon set up shop in Madison in 2015 for a simple reason, says Neil Barnett, manager of Madison-area operations. “We moved here to increase access to engineering talent. We wanted engineers who had farm experience. We have found that this generally is a good recipe for product development.”...

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