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Salford Group is a manufacturer of tillage, seeding and precision nutrient application equipment as well as engineering and manufacturing application equipment which is headquartered in Salford, Canada. The group is part of Linamar Corporation's agriculture segment. Salford has five production facilities across North America, located in Iowa and Georgia in the United States, and in Ontario and Manitoba in Canada.

History
Jake Rozendaal established the Salford firm in 1978. One year earlier, Charles Balmer founded Valmar, a company which mainly produced air boom and granular application tools like the Valmar Airflo 400 PT, released in 1980. In 1983, AerWay is founded and releases the first agricultural tine aerator. Barron and Brother International (BBI) is founded in 1991 and manufactured spinner spreaders. Salford releases the 450 RTS, one of two true vertical tillage tools available to producers in 2003. In 2005, Salford began engineering and manufacturing application equipment as well. BBI released the first MagnaSpread pull-type model, setting a standard for precision application and ISOBUS compatible controls in 2008.

Through acquisitions, Salford expanded its product line to include BBI Spreaders (acquired in 2014 ), Valmar Airflo (acquired in May 2015 ), and AerWay Aeration (acquired in December 2015 ).

In 2022, Salford Group was acquired by Linamar Corporation, joining MacDon in Linamar's agricultural portfolio.