Massey Ferguson Limited was a major agricultural equipment manufacturer which was based in Canada before its purchase by AGCO

AGCO

AGCO is an agricultural equipment manufacturer based in Duluth, Georgia, USA. As a leading global manufacturer of agricultural equipment, AGCO offers a full line of tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage and tillage equipment, which are distributed through more than 2,700 independent...

. The company was formed by a merger between Massey Harris and the Ferguson tractor company in 1953, creating the company Massey Harris Ferguson. However in 1958 the name was shortened for the first time to coin the brand Massey Ferguson. Today the company exists only as a brand name used by AGCO, but remains a major seller around the world.
The firm was founded in 1847 in Newcastle, Ontario

Newcastle, Ontario

Newcastle is a community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. The Town of Newcastle was also the original name of what is now Clarington....

 by Daniel Massey

Daniel Massey (manufacturer)

Daniel Massey was a blacksmith in Newcastle, Ontario, who began production of agricultural implements in 1847....

 as the Newcastle Foundry and Machine Manufactory.