Service, innovation drive Bestway Ag
Hopkinsville company helps farmers ‘get it done’
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, farmers have looked for the best ways to cultivate healthier crops and achieve greater productivity.
For decades, Hopkinsville-based company Bestway Ag, served by Pennyrile Electric, has played a major role in a significant area of innovation: the agricultural sprayers that help farmers control pests, weeds and disease while encouraging growth.
The business is a leading manufacturer and marketer of ag spraying and liquid handling equipment, auto boom height controls that maintain accuracy and consistent applications, and specialized ag logistics equipment.
“We do everything from small sprayers like you would use in your lawn and garden all the way up to the largest agricultural models,” explains Danny Vowell, Bestway Ag’s marketing manager.
“Everything we do is geared toward helping the farmers get it done,” Vowell says. “We like to say, ‘get it done the best way.’”
The focus on innovation and customization primed Bestway to recognize early on the capabilities of drones for agricultural tasks, such as seeding cover crop and dispensing fish pellets in ponds.
“Within the last two years, we have become one of the top distributors in the United States for agricultural drones,” Vowell says. “We captured a huge portion of the market share very, very quickly.”
Headquartered in Hopkinsville, Bestway also operates locations in Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina and Kansas.
