Clear Lake, Wisconsin, March 26, 2025 – Today, Oxbo announced the difficult decision to close its Clear Lake, Wisconsin manufacturing plant and consolidate the activity into a new plant currently under construction in Bergen, New York. This decision comes as a result of the downturn in the agricultural market, rising operational costs, and the aging infrastructure of the plant.

“This was a difficult decision and a difficult announcement because of the impact on employees,” said Joe Perzia, President of Oxbo’s High Value Crop division. “We are grateful for the dedication, hard work, and commitment of our employees, some of whom have been with us for decades. Unfortunately, the challenging ag business cycles are made more difficult because we try to balance the capacity and utilization of two outdated plants. Consolidating in a single, modern facility will enable us to react to significant year-to-year market fluctuations in our business. The consolidation was necessary to continue to provide our customers with specialty crop harvesters, parts and service well into the future.”

Oxbo is committed to supporting affected employees during the transition through severance packages and other resources. The Clear Lake facility will cease manufacturing operations when its booked orders are complete, which is estimated to happen in June 2025.

The plant closure does not impact the employment status of engineering, sales accounting, or service personnel. Oxbo remains committed to serving its customers and to delivering quality parts, service and whole goods to the seed corn and vegetable markets.