High Plains Equipment based in Devils Lake, N.D., has acquired Erickson Implement’s location in Carrington, N.D. Both are Case IH equipment dealerships.
Sunshine Quality Solutions now has 17 full-service John Deere dealership locations throughout southern Louisiana, with the acquisition of Welsh Equipment in Lake Charles.
Papé Machinery Agriculture & Turf, a John Deere dealership with locations in California, Washington, Oregon and Idaho, purchased Team Power, a John Deere dealership based in California. The acquisition is effective May 31, 2019.
With the acquisition, it will add 4 new stores in Minnesota including Warren, Thief River Falls, Mahnomen and Baudette. True North will have 8 retail locations in Minnesota and North Dakota following the acquisition.
Prairieland Partners, LLC has entered an agreement to purchase O'Malley Equipment Company pending John Deere approval. The dealership will have 15 locations once the acquisition is finalized in June of 2019.
Ohio Machinery Co. (Ohio AG Equipment, Northern Ohio Peterbilt and Ohio Cat), recently acquired the property and buildings formerly owned and operated by Magnam Truck and Equipment in Lima, Ohio.
At least for now, if a North American farm equipment dealership wants to buy, sell or merge their business it’s usually a simple matter of negotiating with an interested party along with “some” input from their OEM. This is apparently not the case in Europe.
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