The Grasshopper Company is headquartered in Moundridge, Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 in the United States. The company manufactures zero-turn mower

Zero-turn mower

A zero-turn riding lawn mower is operationally to a standard riding lawn mower. The term zero-turn refers to the turning radius being essentially zero inches. Different brands and models achieve this in different ways. Most current models have four wheels, two swiveling front tires and two larger...

s and lawn mower implements.
Grasshopper has been a family-owned business since 1969, when the first Grasshopper mower was introduced. Today, Grasshopper has expanded to include a 300000 square feet (27,870.9 m²) manufacturing facility in Moundridge. The company has developed their products to serve the needs of government entities, lawn

Lawn

A lawn is an area of aesthetic and recreational land planted with grasses or other durable plants, which usually are maintained at a low and consistent height. Low ornamental meadows in natural landscaping styles are a contemporary option of a lawn...

 care professionals and equipment owners.
Grasshopper was one of the first manufacturers to offer dual swing-out levers for their zero-turn mowers (1973) and the first to offer a diesel

Diesel engine

A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...

-powered zero-turn mower

Zero-turn mower

A zero-turn riding lawn mower is operationally to a standard riding lawn mower. The term zero-turn refers to the turning radius being essentially zero inches. Different brands and models achieve this in different ways. Most current models have four wheels, two swiveling front tires and two larger...

 (1983).