Our story
The family behind the iron
Alloway Manufacturing is a family-owned equipment maker in Fargo, North Dakota. The Alloway name has been on sugar beet and row crop equipment since 1946. The family building it today has been working steel in Fargo since the years after World War II. This is how the two came together.
Alloway manufactures agriculture equipment such as row crop cultivators for multiple crops, including organic crops as well as standard crops such as corn, cotton, sweet potatoes, vegetables, hemp, edible beans, sugarbeets, potatoes, and more.
Other specialty equipment Alloway manufactures is the High Volume Sugarbeet Harvester in multiple configurations, as well as their trademark “Folding” High Speed Defoliator and other sugar beet models. Manufactured and assembled by craftsmen, Alloway ag products are recognized as quality leaders.
Walk the line
1946 · Caldwell, Idaho
A name forged by blacksmiths
Alloway was a family-owned business started by blacksmiths in Caldwell, Idaho in 1946. The name has become synonymous with true quality and innovation in the production of reliable agriculture equipment for the farmers of the world.
The 1940s · Fargo
Two brothers come home
During World War II, brothers Joe and Ted Lepine, skilled metal smiths, moved to Seattle, Washington to repair ships for the US Navy. After the war, the brothers moved back to their family roots in Fargo, ND and opened a sheet metal fabrication business, Standard Industries.
The first sale
A sled and a handshake
Their first winter was very slow, hence Joe decided to build his son Jim a metal sled and took him sledding at Island Park in downtown Fargo. While sledding, a man approached the father and son to inquire where they were able to find a sled so soon after the war, as metal was especially hard to come by for toys. That man was Fred Scheel, and he wanted to sell the sleds in his hardware store. Joe and Ted produced many sleds for Scheels Hardware, which provided work and income for the two families that critical first winter. Thus the humble beginning of a three generation family-owned company.
1976
The second generation
In 1976, Joe’s son, Jim, purchased the business from Joe and Ted. Soon after, Jim responded to an emergency phone call from American Crystal Sugar, a beet processing plant in Moorhead, MN. They needed skilled metal smiths to fabricate custom stainless steel equipment for the plant. This evolved the business into the area’s premier stainless steel fabrication shop.
2003
Alloway comes to Fargo
In 2003, the Lepine family purchased the Alloway Sugarbeet Equipment line from Woods Equipment Co., with the idea to be more diversified, grow the company’s sugarbeet heritage, and continue the success of the highly regarded agricultural equipment line. Together we have over a hundred years of experience in the industry.
Today
Three generations in
Alloway is a family owned business still today; grounded by high standards, ethical values, and a conviction to integrity and honesty in business and all one does. That, along with our employees’ conviction to produce high-quality parts and products and backing it up with exceptional customer service, has enabled us to continue growing. At Alloway Standard, we are not content to stand still; we strive to improve product quality and produce innovative equipment so our customers can become more productive, have less downtime, and become more profitable.
What we stand on
What eighty years teaches
Build it to last
The first sleds outlived the winters they were built for. The same expectation rides on every machine that leaves Fargo.
Answer when it matters
Harvest does not wait. Parts, service, manuals, and a dealer network built so help is close during crucial harvest times, 24/7.
Earn the name
Alloway was not bought as a logo. The family spent decades in agriculture before putting its hands on the line that carries the name.
Shop roster
Leadership
Questions
Asked in every farmyard and coffee shop
Where is Alloway equipment built?
Every Alloway machine is designed, built, and supported from our shop in Fargo, North Dakota.
Do you still support older Alloway machines?
Yes. Parts and operator’s manuals are available by model and year, going back decades.
How do I get parts or service?
Through your nearest Alloway dealer or Alloway directly. More than 230 dealers across the United States and Canada sell and service the line.
Can I see a machine working before I buy?
Ask your dealer about a demo. Many keep machines on the lot and can point you to a nearby operation running the model you want.
Do you build custom equipment?
Yes. Alloway has a rich history and expertise in building custom stainless and steel work since the 1940s, including for American Crystal Sugar.
What crops do your cultivators handle?
Any and all row crops, including but not limited to: Corn, cotton, sweet potatoes, vegetables, hemp, edible beans, sugarbeets, potatoes, and more, in both organic and standard operations.
Talk to someone who knows your acres
Your Alloway dealer can spec, quote, and service every machine we build.