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Agricultural feed hoppers are essential workhorses that move grain, seeds, and other bulk commodity materials from one receptacle to another during the harvest season.

Made from stainless steel sheet metal, metal hoppers ensure perishable goods end up at the right place at the right time, whether feeding livestock or prepping seeds for the next season.

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High-performance stainless sheet metal fabrication (a specialty of The Federal Group) is essential to creating the best agricultural hoppers that rise to the daily and seasonal challenges of commodity distribution.

Keep reading to find out what goes into making the best agricultural hopper assembly.

Cold Welding Process for Stainless Steel Hopper

In manufacturing stainless steel hoppers for our customers, we use an innovative cold welding process.

Cold welding, also known as contact welding, is a solid-state welding process in which two parts are bonded together without using fusion or heating. Cold welding occurs when materials are pressed together tightly enough to allow the material atoms to jump from the adjoining pieces, creating a near-perfect bond between the two. To achieve this homogeneous bond, however, both metal surfaces must be cleaned to perfection, removing all oxide layers that would interfere with adhesion.

First recognized as a general materials phenomenon in the 1940s, cold welding shows additional promise in today’s micro- and nanofabrication processes.

Above: A fixture we designed for the welding process.

Advantages to Custom Agricultural Hopper Assembly

While an agricultural hopper assembly can be purchased as a standard implement, there are distinct advantages to creating a custom fabricated product with custom parts and components.

Custom parts are made specifically for your application. Instead of retrofitting a standard model to fit your needs, a custom product or part can literally be bent to your will—easily fitting into your workflow, space, and needs.
Custom parts mean focused attention. Each custom agricultural hopper assembly is produced by skilled engineers using top-of-the-line equipment and the highest-quality materials and alloys.
Customized fabrication can extend the service life of your products. When you opt for customized metal parts for your agricultural hopper assembly, we’ll help select the right materials and thoroughly analyze your designs and drawings to ensure they’ll be fabricated to handle the specific stresses of your situation, season after season.

Start an agricultural hopper assembly manufacturing project today

Looking for a partner or supplier that can handle your agricultural or industrial hopper assembly manufacturing requirements? The Federal Group has been a leading metal fabrication company for 40+ years.

We offer a complete range of metal fabrication capabilities, including:

Custom metal stamping services
Cutting and bending
Finishing
Folding
Hot extrusion
Laser cutting
Metal spinning
Sheet metal fabrication
Water jetting
Welding

We work directly with farmers as well as agricultural and machinery manufacturing companies to produce high-quality custom metal products they can depend on. Our process includes in-depth product analysis, increased product performance, shorter product development cycles, and lowered manufacturing costs, while maintaining full compliance with industry standards.

At The Federal Group, we design, develop, and manufacture agricultural products for the long haul. Contact us today to speak with one of our engineers about how we can deploy our full scope of manufacturing capabilities with your custom agricultural hopper assembly project.

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   Jonathon Lanham 
 2025-09-26
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Mike Allen and The Federal Group have been an absolute pleasure to work with. From the first day we reached out to them they responded punctually and professionally and helped us with every step of the process. We came to them with a budget conscious challenge and they delivered above and beyond a fitting and accurate solution. A quality finished part that has improved the overall quality of our product, and that's what really counts. Thank you to The Federal Group!
  
 
       
   Sean Brockhouse 
 2025-04-20
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Sandor Holzer has gone above and beyond helping us to get another part ramped up for production, creative getting samples ahead of schedule so we could meet tight timelines.  Outstanding customer service!!
  
 
       
   Melissa Quiroz 
 2024-08-09
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Good company, knowledgeable staff, product was exactly what i asked for. Got me out of a jam!
  
 
       
   Alex Armstrong 
 2023-12-15
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Steve was great to work with and was always available when needed.
  
 
       
   Jon Ramsey 
 2023-10-07
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Mike at TFG was tenative to our supply needs and an immense help! Took on a project that was quite large and daunting, only to be resilient through the task challenges. In conclusion, everything was completed successfully and a huge success.

Would recommend and I plan to use them for future projects.

Thanks again Mike and TFG team.
  
 
       
   Nic Robinson 
 2023-10-05
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Steve Bogdanovich has been critical to our team meeting deadlines with a quality product. The communication and customer service is top notch. We know we can rely on Steve and The Federal Group team to get us a quality product and in a timely manner. We've sent all of our casted parts through them because we know we will get the best service, and they keep us informed through every step in the process.
  
 
       
   Sean Connelly 
 2023-06-21
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. The Federal Group was great to work with. Steve was very professional and diligent in providing good advice/feedback as well as following up with me. Look forward to working with them in the future as well!
  
 
       
   Sher Stahl 
 2020-07-10
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. The Federal Group is a top-notch supplier of ours. They take quality very seriously and strive to ensure we have exactly what we want and when we need it. Communication is excellent. Service is excellent. I have worked with this supplier directly for better than 7 years now, and still considered one of my best suppliers. We've recently expanded our product line with this company and are excited to partner on this line and on future projects. Words cannot express how grateful I am to have such a responsive company, and rep, Richard, to work with. I highly recommend this supplier.
  
 
       
   Marshall 
 2020-06-30
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Excellent customer service and products!

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