Company History

Back in the 1980's four gentlemen from diverse backgrounds came together to form a company that has changed agriculture. Gary Zimmer was a farmer, teacher, and agricultural consultant. Don Gilbertson was a farmer with military organizational experience. Fred Kurschner was a businessman with a strong background in agricultural marketing. And Don Faber was a businessman who'd traveled the world and believed in the concepts of agriculture that Gary was advocating.

Zimmer, Gilbertson and Kurschner had already been partners in an agricultural company that focused on composting. But they soon realized that there was much more that farmers wanted and needed to know about farming methods that focused on healthy, balanced soils as the basis for healthy crops, healthy livestock, and healthy, successful farms.

In 1984, it all came together with the creation of Midwestern Bio-Ag, an agricultural consulting company with supporting products. Don Faber joined the other three partners and a new day was born in agriculture.

Initially based in Seward, IL, three years later the business moved to its present location in Blue Mounds, WI., which has served as headquarters during two decades of continued growth and expansion into supplying a wide range of quality products for biological and organic farmers.
Today, the four partners lead a business that is recognized as a groundbreaking force in the world of biological agriculture, a common sense concept that is catching on around the world wherever farmers recognize the need to understand and improve their soils as the basis for healthy crops, healthy livestock, healthy farms, and healthy humans.

The first Midwestern Bio-Ag satellite facility was established in Iowa in 1997, followed by Michigan in 1999, and Minnesota in 2003. The Bio-Vet division was created in 1991 and became a separate company in 1996 under president Dr. William Zimmer DVM.

In April 2006, Midwestern Bio-Ag broke ground for the construction of a new company headquarters on a 9.94 acre site in the Blue Mounds Industrial Park (located just across highway 18-151 from our old facility). The new building meets the needs of our growing company with a 5,800 square foot office building; a 120x300 warehouse/production area/shop and a 17,000 square foot custom-built fertilizer building for both Midwestern Bio-Ag and Bio-Vet operations.

Midwestern Bio-Ag is proud of the reputation we've earned over more than 20 years in business. "As we move agriculture into the 21st century," says Gary Zimmer, "We remain biological farmers, our goal is to mineralize and balance our soils to provide healthy food and feed, and sustain healthy, profitable farms. We're excited about the opportunities that we are presented with every day. We're growing, we're expanding, but we remain focused on our objective of profitable, successful and healthy farming."