Private company

Dawn Equipment Company

Logo: Dawn Equipment Company Inc. (contact: Rodney Arthur ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Manufacturer of agricultural equipment1

Dawn Equipment Company is an American corporation founded in 1992, and based in Sycamore, Illinois, where the company's factory and administrative center is. Dawn is a manufacturer of tools for row crop planters, as well as fertilizer openers, and strip-till systems. As of 2009, Dawn Equipment Company supplies more than 2,000 dealerships in several countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, and France.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1992Founded1

Dawn Equipment Company is an American corporation founded in 1992, and based in Sycamore, Illinois, where the company's factory and administrative center is. Dawn is a manufacturer of tools for row crop planters, as well as fertilizer openers, and strip-till systems.2

Products and brands

Dawn's original product line was limited to "screw-adjust" row cleaners. As the company has grown, so has its product offerings. As of 2015, Dawn holds a number of patents and manufactures several varieties of agricultural products including: Trashwheels row cleaners, Curvetine closing wheels, row unit mounted coulters, the Gfx hydraulic trailing-arm floating row cleaner, the Rfx Automated Electro-Hydraulic Planter Row Unit Down-Pressure System, the Cfx Electro-Hydraulic fertilizer opener, the Anhydra Universal fertilizer applicator, and the Pluribus strip-till System.

In 2014 Dawn Equipment Company launched a new division, DawnBiologic www.dawnbiologic.com, which focuses on the development of tools for sustainable agricultural practices, and the development of new methods of low impact agriculture indicative of the broader soil health movement. DawnBiologic tool systems include: The ZRX Electro-Hydraulic Cover Crop Roller/Crimper, the FreeFARM line of customizable row crop tools, and the DuoSeed Cover Crop Inter-Row Seeder.

All Dawn products are manufactured in the United States of America, and raw materials are sourced through American companies. All Dawn equipment is powder coated black, and can be recognized by the unique screw-adjust handle which regulates height on most varieties of trashwheels row cleaners.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dawn Equipment Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1992Founded Founded in Sycamore1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$946.4K 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $946.4K in all. PPP loans $946.4K.$0$200K$400K$600K2020 · PPP loans: $347.7K20202021 · PPP loans: $598.7K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$598.7K$598.7K
2020$347.7K$347.7K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA5. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 14, 2020$347.7K PPP loan (first draw) from Resource Bank, National Association5To DAWN EQUIPMENT, Sycamore IL; $350.6K forgiven Feb 16, 2021
  2. Feb 5, 2021$598.7K PPP loan (second draw) from Resource Bank, National Association5To DAWN EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC, Sycamore IL; $604.6K forgiven Feb 2, 2022