Is your small business growing? If so, it may be time to codify some workplace rules. Creating an employee handbook doesn't ensure compliance, of course, but it can help to put everyone on the same page and also protect a small business owner from certain liabilities.

KIOTI Tractor, a Division of Daedong-USA, Inc., is pleased to welcome Douglas Earwood as Director of Sales and Marketing. Earwood comes to KIOTI Tractor with extensive experience in the equipment industry.

Codington-Clark Equipment, a single-store John Deere dealer in Watertown, S.D., has been acquired by Schuneman Equipment. According to a news item on Schuneman's FaceBook page, As of December 29, 2012, Codington-Clark Equipment will become the sixth location for Schuneman Equipment

Trelleborg, one of the world’s leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of tires and complete wheel systems for agriculture, announces the release of the “TLC – Trelleborg Load Calculator� for tablets, smartphones and PC, specifically adapted to meet the needs of the U.S. market. The application is a professional tool developed for farmers, contractors, as well as specialized tire and machinery dealers, to precisely calculate a tractor’s load per axle in order to determine the optimal tire pressure for specific operating conditions.

Kory Anderson, president of Horsch Anderson, was recently recognized in Prairie Business magazine annual 40 Under 40? issue. This feature highlights 40 promising young professionals under the age of 40 throughout North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.

Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN) announced today that it has closed on the previously announced acquisition of VAIT D.o.o., which consists of one CaseIH dealership in the Vojvodina region of Serbia.

Marty Cook has been hired as the new Director of Sales for Versatile. Marty will oversee sales, service and service parts for all Versatile product in North America and will be instrumental in fulfilling the vision of Versatile becoming a full-line equipment manufacturer and supplier of choice for farm equipment dealers.

Proxibid ( www.proxibid.com ), the world's largest, most trusted online marketplace for buying and selling specialized assets, today announced that the Company will provide live online bidding for RDO Equipment Co.'s Year End Reduction Auction, the first ever live auction webcast for RDO Equipment Co. ( www.rdoequipment.com ), a premier John Deere and Vermeer equipment dealer. The event will take place Tuesday, December 18 at 10:00 a.m. central at RDO Equipment Co.'s Moorhead, MN facility, with online bidding commencing at that time via Proxibid. Buyers can visit www.proxibid.com/RDO or www.rdoauctions.com to view the auction catalog or to bid.

We’ve all had customer service nightmares that never should have happened. I don’t know about you, but I’ve come to expect that sort of thing from big companies like AT&T and Best Buy.