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2025 Dealer Hall of Famers

2nd class of inductees exemplify excellence for today’s — and tomorrow’s — industry leaders

February 6, 2025

In 2023, we announced a new recognition program to chronicle North America’s finest dealer professionals. With each passing year, more leaders leave us (including one shortly after his selection this year in Ray Koenig), and the Farm Equipment team agreed it was time to document the stories of our industry’s “greats” — before they were relegated merely to oral history, lore and tribal knowledge.

Thus, the Farm Equipment Dealer Hall of Fame (HOF) has the following mission … To honor the dealer heroes of our farm equipment industry … Promote integrity, innovation and independence … Celebrate excellence and achievement … Ensure that the industry’s present and future connects to the past. 

Woody McCartney, A.C. McCartney

Bob Mazer, Mazergroup

Ray Koenig, Koenig Equipment

Norm Bingham & Blaine Bingham, Bingham Equipment

Wayne Hunt, H&R Agri-Power

Roger Bowen, Bowen Implement

Click here for the 2024 Inaugural Dealer Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Ronald D. Offutt, RDO Equipment
  • Cleve Buttars, Agri-Service
  • Charlie Hoober, Hoober Inc.
  • Paul Wallem, Wallem International & Central Sands International
  • David Meyer & Peter Christianson, Titan Machinery
  • Ferenc Rosztoczy* & Tom Rosztoczy, Stotz Equipment
  • Earl Livingston, Livingston Machinery (Parallel Ag)
  • Orhan Yirmibesh*
  • Derek Stimson*, Rocky Mountain Equipment 
    *deceased 

Nominate a Future Farm Equipment Dealer Hall of Famer

Submit a nomination for the next class! The Farm Equipment Dealer Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of individuals who excelled in farm equipment dealer retail sales & service.

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Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt is the Executive Editor of Farm Equipment and the host of Ag Equipment Intelligence’s On The Record. An award-winning writer, she worked 7 years in business-to-business trade media before joining Lessiter Media in 2012. She is a journalism graduate of Marquette University.

Contact: kschmidt@lessitermedia.com