ABOUT US

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Jake Kropf is a lifelong farmer and the owner of J&J Farming a straw export company in Halsey, Oregon. After making the switch from baling mostly 3×4 bales instead of 2 and 3 tie bales, J&J Farming was in need of a big-bale hay press and also stronger, more reliable big bale stacker than were currently available on the market. After much work, discussion, and prototyping, Jake and two of his employees, Glenn Shaum, the shop manager and Nolan Hostetler, Jake’s foreman, set out to build a big-bale hay press for the export business and also a big-bale stacker. In 2000 they completed the first fully functional stacker called “Bale Chaser”. With encouragement from local farmers who saw this new stacker at work, the decision was made that Jake, Nolan, and Glenn would work together and form a partnership manufacturing company named Northwest Ag Equipment.

NWAG Equipment was established as an official business in 2009 and the first Bale Chaser was sold to a local farmer. Since then, we have been manufacturing and selling Bale Chasers not only to local farmers but all over the United States, Canada, and internationally. The mission of NWAG is to help fill the needs for reliable big bale stackers anywhere in the world and to provide excellent customer service.