Brief History

Hipp Enterprises was founded in 1994 by brothers Todd and Eric Hipp. The company started with one truck and a C6D Treefarmer skidder. A few years after the company's inception, their younger brother, Chad, joined their ranks becoming the third partner in 1998. Later, Hipp Enterprises incorporated as Hipp Enterprises, Inc. (HEI).

In Hipp Enterprises' first year of business, the company had one skidder and sprayed approximately 2000 acres. Now, we have four skidders and spray more than 30,000 acres per year. In 2000, we added a custom built fertilizer unit to a skidder and later added another. Currently we fertilize as many as 10,000 acres in a season.

About the Owners

Todd Hipp is the oldest of the three Hipp brothers. Todd graduated from The University of South Carolina in 1994 with a B.A. in history. His wife, Margaret Ann, and he were married January 2, 1999. Margaret Ann is a healthcare insurance and billing specialist for Newberry Medical Billing.

Todd's younger brother Eric is a 1998 graduate of The University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Business Administration Management. Eric and his wife, Meredith, were married in May 2001. Meredith is an intensive care registered nurse at Palmetto Health Richland, and they are the parents of twins, John North and Ava Ryan.

The youngest of the three brothers, Chad, attended The University of South Carolina. Chad and Cameron Rickenbaker will be married in May 2009 at Cypress Trees Plantation. Cameron is a graduate student in applied psychology at Francis Marion University.

Todd, Eric, and Chad are the sons of Allen and Joan Eargle Hipp of Saluda, South Carolina. The brothers attribute their strong work ethic and love of the outdoors to their parents, who raised them on a dairy farm.