AGCO’s newest Rural Lifestyle dealers include the following locations:

• Arkansas: Grass Roots Equipment and Outdoors in Mountain Home (January)
• Georgia: Macon Outdoor Power in Macon (March)
• Maine: Ripley and Fletcher Plus in Farmington (January) 
• Massachusetts: Ken’s Auto Sales in Holyoke (January)
• New Hampshire: Patriot Tractor in Somersworth (January)
• Oklahoma: Hosstyle Motorsports in Checotah and Muskogee, and 405 Tractor in Edmond (March)
• Pennsylvania: Bobcat of Clarion in Clarion (April)

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News of the coming policy was first covered by Ag Equipment Intelligence on May 15. Some of the purposes given in the memo for the new policy included:
• Promote healthy intra-brand balance and maintain a strong market presence on a state and national level – all for the benefit of Kubota customers. • Over concentration within a designated geographical area can leave our dealer network, customers, and overall market representation vulnerable with a sudden change in ownership, market/brand focus, or overall community image.

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In the U.S., tractor dealers reported March revenue down 7%. Canadian dealers, meanwhile, reported a 45% year-over-year decrease in March revenue.

The West and Northeast regions saw the only revenue increase in March, each up 3% year-over-year. Southern dealers reported the largest regional revenue decline, down 18%.

Townline will offer the full line of Kubota products at the Greenville location including tractors, compact construction equipment, utility vehicles, turf and hay products. Townline will also be offering products from Land Pride, Husqvarna, Cummings and Bricker, Bush Hog, and more.

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Hutson Inc. began in 1928 as a seed and fertilizer store in Murray, Ky. It acquired its first John Deere dealership in Mayfield, Ky., in 1990, followed by six more Kentucky stores in Princeton, Russellville, Morganfield, Clinton, Paducah, and Hopkinsville. Today it is comprised of more than 800 team members in 30 locations throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and Michigan.

Source: Farm Equipment

AHW, a now 20-store John Deere dealer with locations in Illinois and Indiana, has added four locations in northern Illinois. AHW has purchased Buck Bros. Inc. stores in Hampshire, Harvard, Libertyville and Wauconda, Ill. The company’s 20 locations include the Solution Center in Champaign, Ill., serving Illinois and western Indiana.

King Ranch Inc. has acquired Jasper County Tractor to expand its King Ranch Ag & Turf to East Texas. Jasper County Tractor is King Ranch’s third location.

Champlain Valley Equipment has acquired Essex Equipment’s Kubota dealership in Essex Junction, Vt. The newly acquired dealership will be moved to a down-the-road location in Essex Junction this month. This is CVE’s fifth Kubota store.

Source: Farm Equipment

Frontier Ag & Turf has locations in New Richmond, Turtle Lake and Osceola, Wis., and Hastings, Rosemount, Cannon Falls and Columbus, Minn.

SEMA Equipment Inc. has locations Grand Meadow, Plainview, St. Charles, Wanamingo, Northfield and Caledonia, Minn.

The dealerships began operating as Midwest Machinery Co. on Jan. 1. (Source: Ag Equipment Intelligence)

AKRS Equipment in David City, Nev., will open a new Deere dealership in the summer of 2023. Ground-breaking is planned for this spring.

AKRS Equipment is headquartered in Lincoln, Neb., with 27 facilities across Nebraska and Kansas. (Source: NTV News)

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The merger brings United Ag & Turf’s footprint to 63 John Deere Ag & Turf stores, plus an additional 14 locations of John Deere Construction & Forestry dealerships operated by its sister company, United Construction & Forestry.

The acquisition adds approximately 100 additional employees to United Ag & Turf NE. United also gained locations in Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (Source: The County)

Quality Equipment, LLC, has acquired Wilmington Lawn & Leisure. The acquisition brings Quality Equipment’s network to 29 stories in North Carolina and one in Virginia.

Quality Equipment is headquartered in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., and employs about 550 people. (Source: Quality Equipment)

United Ag & Turf, a Deere dealership in Texarkana, is building a new facility. The current location was previously Green Line Equipment. United Ag & Turf has stores in central Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Leaders describe the new facility as being able to accommodate a larger range of equipment and larger individual units. (Source: Texarkana Gazette)

United Ag & Turf NE, LLC, has acquired four Harvest Equipment stores in Vermont, Theriault Equipment in Presque Isle, Maine, All Power Equipment in Granby, Mass., and Tom’s Lawn and Garden Equipment in Portsmouth, R.I. The merger brings the dealer group’s footprint to 63 Deere stores. (Source: Farm Equipment)

Gooseneck Implement will build a new Deere dealership in Dickinson, N.D. Gooseneck has Deere stores in Kenmare, Minot, Mohall, Stanley, Velva, Rugby, Harvey, Williston, Beach, Bowman, Elgin, Dickinson, all in North Dakota, and Lemmon, S.D. The expansion comes after Dakota Farm Equipment in Dickinson joined Gooseneck Implement in 2018. (Source: The Dickinson Press)

AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners are launching a joint venture effective in January to combine the resources of the organizations.

PrairieLand operates 15 dealerships in central and southeast Kansas. AgriVision has 17 stores in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Both groups are Deere dealers, and their pending partnership calls for Deere approval.

The joint venture will, among other things, enhance the organizations’ abilities to research and leverage new products, technologies and services and optimize availability of parts and inventory. Both groups will continue under the same names and maintain the same brands and personnel. (Source: Farm Equipment)