Dealers on the Move

• Ziegler CAT (Challenger) Wisconsin - Opened new 16,000 sq. ft. location in DeForest, Wis.; 3 in Wisconsin, 22 stores overall
   
  
• Archbold Equipment (Case IH) Ohio - Acquired Eagle Machinery of Portage, Ohio, as 6th location
   
  
• C&B Operations (John Deere) South Dakota - Purchased Fred Harr Co. (3 stores) as well as Ellefson Implement, Mitchell, S.D. Now have 20 ag dealerships, 1 diesel pump service
   
  
• Les Equipment Lague (John Deere) Quebec - Les Equipment Lague (4 locations) merged with Les Equipment Veilleux (2 stores); now have 6 with ag, commercial, OPE and golf
   
  
• Precision Equipment (John Deere) Iowa - Elder Implement merged with Farmers Implement, Jefferson County Equipment and Mower and More into new entity with 8 locations
   
  
• Titan Machinery (Case IH, New Holland) Romania - Expanded to acquire 2 Case IH dealerships in Romania; closed
   
  
• South Dakota, on Van Der Werff Implement in Platte, S.D., Jewell Implement
   
  
• Iowa Jewell, Iowa - now operates 91 North American dealerships, 2 European
   
  
• Kenn-Feld & Liechty (John Deere) Indiana, Ohio Kenn-Feld Group (3 locations) and Liechty Farm Equipment (7 stores, including 3 rental and consumer locations) merged
   
  
• Columbia Tractor/ Papé Washington, Columbia Tractor (5 ag locations) acquired by Papé Group and Machinery (John Deere) Idaho renamed Papé Machinery (7 divisions, 60 locations, 2,000 employees serving construction, forestry, ag, warehousing, material handling, trucking)
   
  
• SEMA Equipment Group (John Deere) Minnesota Southeast Minnesota Ag – SEMA ((7 stores) acquired Green Power, Caledonia, Minn., as 8th location

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