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.

On Jan. 17, the High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal reported that Bucklin Tractor and Implement Co. (BTI), Bucklin, Kan., will take ownership of Great Bend Farm Equipment, Great Bend, Kan.

If you are in business as a dealership, it should be a safe assumption that you have a Buy-Sell Agreement. But, has your Buy-Sell Agreement been stress-tested as much as your dealership has in the last few years? In this webinar, expert consultants in the farm equipment dealership industry, Cole Baker and Marc Johnson, shared their insights in assisting dealerships to update their agreements. This FREE webinar was brought to you by K•Coe Isom. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

John Deere filed a response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking to block the company’s planned purchase of Precision Planting from the The Climate Corp.

Green Diamond Equipment and Reddin Equipment have announced their plans to merge and will operate as Green Diamond Equipment, effective Oct. 28, according to the JournalPioneer.com.

Ray Lee Equipment, a John Deere dealership with 6 locations in Texas and New Mexico, is being acquired by Western Equipment of Clinton, Okla.

Birkey’s Farm Store,Inc., a full-line Case IH and Case Construction dealer, announced the execution of an agreement to acquire the Farm Pride network of equipment dealerships located in Arthur, Shelbyville, Casey, Newton and Mattoon, Ill.