Jake Hunter

Co-Owner & Director of Engineering

Jake Hunter began working out of high school as a farmhand for local farmers and eventually worked for Davis. While working for Davis, Hunter purchased machine shop equipment and started doing machine work for friends. In 2004, after working for local machine shops, he began his operation, Hunter Machine. Hunter became an engineering student, and soon companies began hiring Hunter Machine to perform engineering and prototyping. In 2012, Hunter designed the now 4AG tire for Davis and Smith. He presently leads 4AG in engineering and quality control measures. Hunter continues to operate Hunter Machine and farming rye and grain sorghum with his brother in Roger Mills County in western Oklahoma.

Jimmy Smith

Co-Owner/Director of Finance

Born and raised on the family farm, Jimmy Smith is a fourth-generation farmer on Smith Farms in western Oklahoma. After obtaining his bachelor's degree in business administration, he returned to the farm of primarily cotton, wheat and rye. Rye was used to plant a cover crop into the cotton for erosion control, and then they would plow underneath. As years progressed, Smith Farms started raising mostly cotton and rye, but still conventional tillage. In 1998 they switched their operation to continue planting cover crops and strip-tilling. In 2010, they began no-tilling in both cotton and rye, and have continued this process, only strip-tilling in bad compaction zones like turn rows and module storing locations. 

From harvesters blowing cotton behind the tractor into a trailer to basket strippers, cotton modules, and now to round-bale harvesters, Smith has seen significant developments in the cotton industry in his 42 years of full-time farming. The cottonseed improvements such as yield increases and chemical resistant varieties have also impacted cotton production, especially in no-till conditions. Ever-changing advances in technology within the agricultural industry continue to contribute to success in farming, leaving Smith to say, "I don't miss having to drive equipment manually in the field."

Danny Davis

Partner

Danny Davis was a third-generation farmer in western Oklahoma. After graduating from high school, Davis attended college and came back to the farm. He had a passion for farming and was one of the first farmers in western Oklahoma to begin no-tilling cotton. Davis, his dad, and Smith were partners in Progressive Ag Services. It was the last working cotton gin in Elk City, OK. In 1996, Davis received the Outstanding Oklahoma Young Farmer from the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. In 2000, he received the Conservation Award presented by the Oklahoma Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society. In 2001, Davis was the Southwest Cotton Winner presented by Southwest Farm Press. From 2002-2005 he served on the National Cotton Council. In 2002, he received the Master Agronomist Award presented by the Oklahoma State University Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. He was the National Conservation Tillage Cotton and Rice Conference Cotton Farmer of 2003. He served on the National Cotton Council again from 2011- 2013. Davis has been recognized in many articles in Cotton Magazines. He has shared his knowledge through speaking at several no-till conferences on his passion for raising cotton and conserving the land. In 2012, Davis and Smith contacted Hunter to help assist in creating what is now the 4AG tire. Davis passed away on September 9, 2016. Although he was never able to see 4Ag, he is still very much a part of who we are and makes up the fourth farmer in our company name. Davis is tremendously missed in the farming community and as our friend.