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Ritchie Implement Acquires Finney Implement

March 31, 2020 | Posted in Dealers & Dealerships, Mergers & Acquisitions

With this recent transaction, Ritchie Implement now has 4 dealership locations operating in Cobb, Darlington, Barneveld and Lancaster, Wis.

Sloan Implement Buys Assets of Arends-Awe Inc.

March 17, 2020 | Posted in Mergers & Acquisitions

Arends-Awe Inc., a John Deere dealer with two locations in Illinois, announced the sale of its assets to Sloan Implement. Sloan will now have 20 locations in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Webb’s Machinery Acquires Tri-Ag Implement

March 17, 2020 | Posted in Mergers & Acquisitions

Webb’s Machinery, a New Holland dealership based in Alberta announced it has acquired Tri-Ag Implement, doubling the number of locations to 6.

Report: Deere Plans to Reduce European Dealers by One-Third

December 19, 2019 | Posted in Ag Equipment Worldwide

Source: Farmers Guardian

According to a Dec. 19 report on FarmersGuardian.com, a UK-based ag publication, during the Agritechnica show in Hanover, Germany, John Deere told its European farm equipment dealers that it intends to reduce its dealership groups by one-third.

Dealer Structures: Europe, North America a World Apart

European dealers differ vastly from their counterparts in many ways, particularly in the concentration of dealers and sizes of the farms they serve. This meeting with a European dealer-principal and a manufacturing exec from a large multinational company showed how data challenge debates exist everywhere, and that dealer-manufacturer relations remain critical, and remain more art that science.

By Mike Lessiter posted on December 17, 2019 | Posted in Ag Equipment Business

On Day 2 of Agritechnica, Erik Hogervorst, owner of Wout Hogervorst V.O.F., a dealership in the Netherlands, and president of CLIMMAR (European dealer association) and Eric Raby, president/GM-Sales of Claas North America gathered in Hall 9. Much of the conversation was a comparing and contrasting of the European vs. North American dealer networks.

Tracking Changes Among Large Ag Equipment Dealership Groups

As dealer consolidation continues among North American farm equipment dealers, Ag Equipment Intelligence will continually update industry mergers & acquisitions, dealership openings and closings as they occur.

No Slowdown in Ag Equipment Dealer Consolidation

April 18, 2019 | Posted in Ag Equipment Business

There is one less “Big Dealer” on the list than there was one year ago. The 2018 edition of the Big Dealer report showed 188 dealerships operating five or more locations. The 2019 version lists 187 groups. Overall, dealerships with 10 or more locations increased by four, while dealerships with 5-9 locations shrunk by five. As has been noted in previous editions of the Big Dealer report, “the bigs continue to get bigger and the smalls continue to get smaller.”

H&R Agri-Power & Ag-Pro Most Active M&A Dealers in 2018

January 15, 2019 | Posted in Dealers & Dealerships, Mergers & Acquisitions

Dealer consolidation continued in a big way in 2018 and H&R Agri-Power and Ag-Pro Companies made the biggest moves in 2018.

JD Equipment Selling Assets to Ag-Pro Ohio

November 30, 2018 | Posted in Mergers & Acquisitions

JD Equipment announced the intent to sell its assets to Ag-Pro Ohio LLC, a subsidiary of Ag-Pro Companies. Ag-Pro Companies has 57 John Deere locations throughout the country.

JayDee AgTech and Maple Farms Merged Under Pattison Agriculture Banner

January 11, 2017 | Posted in Mergers & Acquisitions

Source: Country Guide

The Jim Pattison Group has consolidated its Prairie farm equipment dealerships in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under one new banner.

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