Budissa, the leader in silage bagging About Us

Budissa’s history goes back to the beginning, when the Eberhardt Silopress was invented by Dr Eggenmüller in Germany in 1968. The first commercial production started in 1971. Thereafter the patent was exported to the USA in 1975, where the company ‘Ag-Bag’ was founded in 1978. This led to a lot of further development based on the needs of farmers in the United States. Around 1988 the Ag-Bag was exported back to Europe and sold through the Budissa Agroservice cooperative, with the first local production in Germany starting in 1998. From here various models, large and small, were invented and expansion to various regions across the globe took place. The company broke ties with Ag-Bag in 2010 and became Budissa Bag Agroservice, which currently is the world’s leading tractor-driven silage bag machinery producer.

After having been in South Africa for more than five years, the dealership changed hands and arrived at arguably the best home that you can imagine: in partnership with Richardt Venter from Agsci Unlimited, well-known silage consultant and livestock nutritionist. A very important part of this move is the first and only field service and full parts distribution network being set up in South Africa. The unique partnership is strengthened by Richardt’s unparalleled expertise on silage production efficiency and management, which he has acquired over two decades of silage work and consulting on six continents.