Tom Taylor, GVP North American Ag, has announced his plans to retire from Alamo Group on June 30th, 2022. Tom has been with the Alamo Group for twenty years, having joined the team in 2002. Prior to his last role as VP Specialty Markets, Tom served in various roles for Alamo Group Inc. to include VP Business Development for the Agricultural Division, VP Sales and Marketing for Bush Hog, Director of Sales and Marketing for Alamo Group Inc., and Director of Sales and Marketing for RhinoAg.

Dan Samet is being promoted to replace Tom as North American Ag Group Vice President, effective May 15, 2022. Dan started his career with Alamo Group in the engineering department in 2006, progressively taking on roles of greater responsibility before becoming President of RhinoAg in 2014. Under his leadership and with the help of his team, RhinoAg has developed a team-focused work culture that emphasizes a safety-first approach, while demonstrating sales growth and increased profitability. 

Dan led the integration after the acquisition of Dixie Chopper, which was completed in 2019. After studying agricultural engineering at Danville Area Community College and the University of Illinois, Dan began his career at Hyster/Yale, where he worked in the Special Products Engineering Department for 10 years, before joining Alamo Group. 

The newly formed group is made up of Herschel Ag Parts, located in Indianola, Iowa, as well as Fieldquip PTY LTD of Australia and Santa Izabel Implementos located in Brazil.

Taylor has been with Alamo Group for 17 years, where he has held leadership roles at Bush Hog and Rhino. He served on this Association’s Board of Directors from 2014 to 2017.

Taylor will report to Rick Raborn, executive vice president of Alamo Group Inc. and head of the Agricultural Division.

Alamo Group, founded in 1969, has about 4,350 employees and operates 32 plants in North America, Europe, Australia and Brazil. The corporate offices of Alamo Group are in Seguin, Texas.

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Taylor has been with Alamo Group for 17 years where he has held leadership roles at Bush Hog and Rhino. He has served on the board of directors at the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. and spent his early career at FMC and Woods Equipment Co. Taylor will report to Rick Raborn, Executive Vice President of Alamo Group Inc. and head of the Agricultural Division.

Alamo Group is a leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and service of high quality equipment for infrastructure maintenance, agriculture and other applications. Our products include truck and tractor mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, street sweepers, snow removal equipment, excavators, vacuum trucks, other industrial equipment, agricultural implements and related after-market parts and services. The Company, founded in 1969, has approximately 4,345 employees and operates 32 plants in North America, Europe, Australia and Brazil as of November 30, 2019. The corporate offices of Alamo Group Inc. are located in Seguin, Texas.