Lyle E. Yost (March 5, 1913 – April 5, 2012) was an agriculture equipment manufacturer and inventor in the
United States
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.
Yost was the designer and inventor of the 1947 unloading auger, the catalyst for the development of
Hesston Manufacturing in
Hesston, Kansas
Hesston is a city in Harvey County, Kansas, Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,505. Large manufacturing facilities for AGCO (farm equipment) and Stanley Bla ...
. The device was used to unload grain from farm
combines. The company's controlling stake was sold to Italian corporation
Fiat Trattori
Fiat Trattori S.p.A. was a Fiat group company founded in 1919, and was a constructor of agricultural machinery, agricultural equipment, agricultural tractor, tractors in particular. Over its decades of history, it established itself as Italy's le ...
in 1977. The remainder of the company was purchased in 1987 by the same firm. In 1991, a year after being established,
AGCO Corporation purchased the rights to Hesston Manufacturing.
Yost's success in the agriculture industry led to multiple awards and accolades, including articles about his success in ''
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See also
*
List of people from Harvey County, Kansas
References
External links
Uncovering the Hesston Story: Lyle YostAGCO
AGCO Corporation is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1990. AGCO designs, produces and sells tractors, combines, foragers, hay tools, self-propelled sprayers, ...
official website and blog
People from Harvey County, Kansas
1913 births
2012 deaths
Businesspeople from Kansas
20th-century American businesspeople
20th-century American inventors
Goshen College alumni
American manufacturing businesspeople
Kansas Business Hall of Fame inductees
Inventors from Kansas
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