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Jeff Barnes, Greenway Equipment’s Precision Ag Manager who oversees a group of 41 staffers in Field Teams, Support Center and data analysts, was asked about how the Arkansas-based dealership, the 14th largest farm machinery dealer (and 10th largest John Deere dealer) and its precision business evolved since his arrival 14 years ago.
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Greenway Equipment co., a John Deere-affiliated dealership, has invested $1.5 million to help better train Lonoke high School students for technician jobs in the agricultural industry that will pay them a starting wage of $40,000 after graduation, according to an article from Talk Business. A $1.2 million grant from the Arkansas Office of Skills Development will also help pay for the project, which was announced by Governor Sarah Sanders at the Lonoke Business Academy last week.
Greenway Equipment Inc., Little Rock, Ark., partnered with country music star Jason Aldean to raise funds to combat food insecurity for children in the communities it serves, totaling $172,000 to be given to three area food banks.
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.
John Deere dealer Greenway Equipment opened its newest location in Marked Tree, Ark. The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on Aug. 1 and included employees, customers and members of the community.
It’s been said that we learn far more from our failures than we do from our successes. This may be true, but dealers developing an integration plan for what will happen once an acquisition is complete can learn much from what other dealers have done right previously.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Marc Johnson, principal with Pinion, provides 4 factors that will be important for dealers to watch in 2025 that will impact their business.
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