Platte Valley Equipment, a 4-store John Deere dealership in Nebraska, broke ground on a new store in Fremont, Neb. The new facility will replace the existing Fremont location and will feature an expanded service shop, training facilities, parts department and showroom.

The foundation Elliff Motors has built is about to go even deeper with the addition of a new, $800,000 facility the family is building to sell and service a full line of Kubota tractors and construction equipment.

Pattison Agriculture’s chain of John Deere ag equipment dealerships in Saskatchewan and Manitoba is preparing to cut one link.

RDO Equipment, one of John Deere’s largest U.S. dealer groups, has acquired Queensland, Australia farm equipment dealership Vanderfield, according to Farm Weekly. RDO operates 37 U.S. dealership locations in 9 states.

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.

AgriVision, a 17 store John Deere dealership, has proposed opening a new dealership in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Cazenovia Equipment Company is expanding its reach into northern New York with the acquisition of LeBerge & Curtis of Canton, N.Y. This additional location in Canton will be Cazenovia Equipment’s 10th location, which will now encompass much of the southern tier, as well as central and northern New York.

Greenway Equipment, a John Deere dealership based in Weiner, Ark., acquired Maus Implement, adding locations in Moorilton, Russellville and Damascus. Greenway took over operations of the stores on Oct. 7, 2019. This brings Greenways total locations up to 31 in Arkansas and southeast Missouri.

Two family-owned, full-service John Deere dealer groups headquartered in Mexico, Mo., and Waterloo, Ill., announced plans to merge their businesses today. Sydenstricker Implement Co. and Wm. Nobbe & Co. have partnered to form Sydenstricker-Nobbe Partners and anticipate officially beginning joint operation of 26 Missouri and Illinois dealerships in January 2020.