What Headsight does

Headsight Harvesting Solutions, founded around 2004 and headquartered in Tremont, Illinois, specialized in sensors and control systems for agricultural harvesting equipment, with operational offices historically in Bremen, Indiana. The company's core products—HeadSight Corn, HeadSight Grain, TrueSense, and TrueSight—deliver automatic header height control and combine steering/row guidance for corn and grain harvesting operations. The technology stack centers on patented mechanical sensors (including the Flexible Poly Arm for corn headers and terrace-mount sensors for grain headers) paired with deterministic control software platforms (Truesight 2, Horizon, Insight, and the Horizon Base/Bridge devices). A supporting Conversion Kit line enables cross-brand header-to-combine compatibility across John Deere, Case IH, AGCO, New Holland, and Lexion/CAT platforms, allowing farmers to mix and match equipment.

In 2024, the Headsight brand was retired and merged into Precision Planting, an AGCO brand, with all harvesting products redistributed through Precision Planting's authorized dealer network. Existing Headsight dealers continue on a transitional basis for product ordering and warranty support. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware product sales of proprietary sensors, control systems, and conversion kits, supplemented by software updates and technical support services. The customer base comprises farmers and agricultural operators—predominantly SMB/individual equipment owners—who retrofit or upgrade existing combines for improved automation, reduced crop loss, and cross-OEM interoperability. Founder Rich Gramm led the company prior to its integration into the AGCO corporate structure.

Name

Headsight

Legal name

Headsight Harvesting Solutions

Website

https://headsight.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Headsight, now merged into Precision Planting (an AGCO brand), provides automatic header height control sensors and combine steering systems for agricultural harvesting. It serves farmers using combines from John Deere, Case IH, AGCO, New Holland, and Lexion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Agriculture Harvesting Equipment

NAICS

Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333111)

SIC

Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Precision Agriculture & Farm Technology Equipment (IMAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Guidance, Autosteer & Machine Control (GNSS/RTK, Auto-Steering, Implement Guidance) (AFAGALAE), In-Field Sensor Hardware (Soil Moisture/Nutrient, Weather, Canopy Sensors) (AFABAMAA), Robot Perception & Sensing for Agriculture (Computer vision, LiDAR, multispectral, sensor fusion) (AFAAAGAG)

Keywords

• Header height control
• Combine steering systems
• Agricultural sensors
• Row guidance technology
• Harvesting automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Tremont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Hardware Product Sales: Headsight generates revenue primarily through the sale of proprietary sensors and control systems for agricultural harvesting equipment, including corn and grain header height control sensors, combine steering systems, and conversion kits.
2. Software Updates and Support: The company provides software updates and technical support for its Truesight, Horizon, and Insight product lines, which may include version upgrades and diagnostic tools.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Headsight designs, manufactures, and sells proprietary sensors and control systems for agricultural harvesting equipment. Its core offerings include automatic header height control systems for corn and grain combines, combine steering/row guidance systems, and cross-brand conversion kits that allow farmers to mix and match headers with different combine manufacturers. Supporting the hardware is a software ecosystem (Truesight 2, Horizon, Insight) that provides calibration, diagnostics, and wireless updates across major combine brands such as John Deere, Case IH, AGCO, New Holland, and Lexion.

Product overview

Headsight (now part of Precision Planting) provides a comprehensive portfolio of harvesting solutions centered on automatic header height and steering control for agricultural combines. The core product line includes HeadSight Corn and HeadSight Grain systems for automatic header height control, plus TrueSense and TrueSight for combine steering/row guidance. Supporting products include Conversion Kits for cross-brand compatibility and Harvesting Upgrades for retrofitting existing equipment. The software ecosystem includes Horizon (with Horizon Base and Horizon Bridge), Truesight 2, Insight, and remote control accessories, all designed to work with major combine brands including John Deere, Case IH, AGCO, New Holland, and Lexion/CAT. The brand was merged into Precision Planting in 2024 while maintaining product support through existing channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HeadSight Corn
• HeadSight Grain Automatic grain header height control system with accurate, long-lasting patented terrace-mount sensors.
• TrueSense Improved combine steering system providing row guidance for corn headers.
• TrueSight Full combine steering control system for complete row guidance management.
• Conversion Kits Cross-brand header-to-combine conversion kits allowing operators to mix and match combines with headers from different manufacturers.
• Harvesting Upgrades Solution kits for adding corn header height and tilt control across various makes and models of harvesting equipment.
• Truesight 2 Advanced steering control system with WiFi connectivity, pool stability improvements, and support for new Horizon Base and hardware revisions.
• Horizon Software Software platform for header height control supporting John Deere combines including S7-xxx and X9 models, with Phase 2 header height control conversion support, and used with Horizon Base and Horizon Bridge devices.
• Insight Software Display and control software for combine harvesting systems with support for various sensor types and combine models including R10-R12 hardware.
• Horizon Bridge
• Horizon Base
• Feathersight
• Foresight

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Precision Planting (AGCO)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeadsight brand has been retired and merged into Precision Planting, which is an AGCO brand. All Headsight harvesting products are now integrated into the Precision Planting product portfolio and available through Precision Planting dealers.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Topcon Agriculture: Topcon Agriculture makes GNSS guidance, autosteer controllers, and machine-control retrofit kits for combines and tractors, making it a direct comparable to Headsight's TrueSight row-guidance and combine steering systems.
• Norac Systems International: Norac makes ultrasonic boom height control for sprayers and related sensor-based height/positioning controls; while its primary use case is sprayer booms, its technology base closely parallels Headsight's header-height sensor architecture.
• Reichhardt Electronic Innovations: Reichhardt is a specialist in autosteer and ISOBUS-compatible machine control retrofits for tractors and harvesters; its product scope closely mirrors Headsight's combine steering and header height sensor integrations.
• Ag Leader Technology: Ag Leader is a precision agriculture specialist selling guidance, autosteer, yield monitoring, and display/control kits for combines and planters — directly comparable to Headsight's combine steering (TrueSight/TrueSense) and header height control hardware. Both companies serve farmers retrofitting or mixing combine/header brands.

Broad incumbents

• Trimble Agriculture: Trimble is one of the largest precision agriculture incumbents providing GNSS guidance, autosteer, and farm connectivity; its crop input/harvest products overlap directly with Headsight's combine steering and sensor offerings, and it is now owned by AGCO alongside Precision Planting/Headsight.
• Raven Industries (CNH Industrial): Raven, now part of CNH Industrial, supplies autosteer, guidance, and precision control systems across sprayers, planters and combines; it competes head-on with Headsight in the aftermarket combine/harvest automation segment.

Emerging players

• CapstanAG: CapstanAG specializes in precision application hardware (e.g., pulse-width-modulation spray control) and is moving into broader machine-control and sensing; it is an emerging adjacency to Headsight's precision control retrofit play for agricultural machines.
• Hexagon Agriculture (Leica Geosystems Ag): Hexagon is building a precision ag portfolio combining GNSS positioning, sensor fusion and autonomy platforms — competitive with Headsight's machine-control business, particularly in heading toward autonomous harvesting workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/headsightinc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/PrecisionPlanting
• Facebookfacebook.com/precisionplanting
• Instagraminstagram.com/precision.planting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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