[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3268-S3269]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING HILLCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 Mr. RISCH. Madam President, as a member and former chairman of 
the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each month 
I recognize and celebrate the American entrepreneurial spirit by 
highlighting the success of a small business in my home State of Idaho. 
Today, I am pleased to honor Hillco Technologies, Inc., as the Idaho 
Small Business of the Month for July 2022.
  In the 1950s, Wallace ``Arlie'' Hill, a longtime resident of 
Nezperce, designed the first hydraulic foldup harrow cart for his own 
family farm. Shortly thereafter, he built them for his neighbors and 
eventually for farmers all across North America before opening Hillco, 
Inc., in 1963. Arlie Hill became famous for his harrow, springtooth, 
and packer cart designs and various multi-unit hitches for drills and 
plows which he tinkered with until his mid-80s.
  Located amongst the rolling hills of Idaho's Camas Prairie, the Hill 
family is familiar with how critical combine leveling systems are for 
effective hillside harvesting. When tractor manufacturers stopped 
supplying leveling systems in the 1990s, Hillco stepped in to fill the 
gap in the market. In 1993, the first Hillco, Inc., leveling system 
rolled off the production floor for a Case-IH combine followed by the 
first leveling system for a John Deere combine in 1998. In 2021, Hillco 
manufactured their 2,500th leveler.
  Now called Hillco Technologies, Inc., and owned by Lenny Hill, 
Arlie's son, their team of 55 employees pride themselves on their 
collaborative effort to design, test, and market methods and mechanisms 
that advance farming and agricultural practices from start to finish. 
They continue to preserve Arlie's innovative spirit as they expand 
their product line to offer additional equipment that addresses the 
unique challenges facing farmers and ranchers in the Pacific Northwest 
and across the Nation. While Hillco equipment is well known in farming 
communities nationwide, the Nezperce community recognizes Hillco for 
their generous support of local businesses, athletics, education, and 
first responders.
  Congratulations to the Hill family and all of the employees at Hillco 
Technologies, Inc., for being selected as the Idaho Small Business of 
the Month for July 2022. Thank you for serving Idaho as small business 
owners and entrepreneurs. You make our great State proud, and I look 
forward to your continued growth and success.

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