John Deere outstanding problem solvers vie for Technician of the Year Awards
While farm industry support staff can be neglected as a position of high achievement that’s simply not the situation at John Deere where technicians are highly prized Showing their support to attract technicians into a farm industry where product value has jumped from $60 billion to over $90 billion in annual revenue, is John Deere […]
John Deere urges farmers to make the switch now and upgrade their JDLink to 4G
With Telstra flagging the end of the 3G network connections on 30 June next year John Deere wants its customers to upgrade their modems to 4G technology now John Deere is urging customers to upgrade now to a 4G LTE JDLink modem, so they’re good for ongoing collection and transfer of machine data and remote […]
Brandt Tractor finalises acquisition of New Zealand dealer AGrowQuip
A large money deposit seals the deal for Brandt Tractor to rebrand successful NZ dealer AGrowQuip NZ Ltd to become part of the Brandt Tractor Group It’s now official, the Brandt Group of Companies has made a significant monetary transaction that successfully places the assets and dealer yards of AGrowQuip NZ Ltd within its own […]
Brandt acquisition of Westernport Tractors closes with smiles all round
Westernport Tractors joins a multistore dealer group with access to product and expertise from 15 locations across Victoria and South Australia The Brandt Group of Companies has confirmed that effective 1 December 2022 the company has successfully settled on acquiring the assets of Westernport Tractors & Implements Pty Ltd. This acquisition unites all Southern Victoria […]
Brandt expects to add another yard to its southern Australian dealer network
Brandt runs the biggest chain of John Deere dealerships worldwide with over A$500 million in annual sales signals intention to take over Westernport Tractors & Implements Brandt is a relative recent arrival on our local scene, only bobbing up here when it took full control of the Canadian equipment supplier Cervus Equipment in 2021 in […]
John Deere Service Technician of the Year a Harvester specialists
Women were highly represented at the second annual John Deere Technician Awards and claimed the top prize Jaymee Ireland, a qualified technician eager to see more women in mechanical trades in the agriculture sector, has been named Australian Agriculture Service Technician of the Year at the second annual John Deere Technician Awards 2022. Employed by […]
Brandt completes Wickham Flower acquisition and has the backing to add more
The money has gone through on the Wickham Flower buyout and its gives Brandt 23 John Deere dealership yards with the plan for many more to come Effective from today the Brandt Group of Companies has officially taken all the assets of Wickham Flower & Co’s John Deere dealerships, expanding its operations overnight in South […]
Brandt takes over Wickham Flower yards and expands into South Australia
The race to take out the biggest slice of John Deere yards just warmed up as Brandt outbid all others to score the Wickham Flower network The Wickham Flower yards have been highlighted as a takeover for the past few years, if the price was right, and apparently Brandt matched the level of remuneration Wickham […]
Vanderfield name disappears after 51 years as RDO Equipment steps up
Its official – the Vanderfield and Chesterfield names are gone – replaced by a new name that owners’ the RDO Australia Group prefer moving forward Signwriters have made a fortune since US owned RDO Australia Group brought out the controlling interest of Vanderfield in November 2019, a leading John Deere dealer based in Northern New […]
AFGRI Equipment finalises the acquisition of Ag Implements
AFGRI Equipment has taken all the former Ag Implements yards under its control and now operates the second biggest John Deere franchise in Australia with 19 retail yards AFGRI is a pin-up example of how John Deere wants to operate its retail franchises moving forward. The franchises must be BIG. And have untold resources to […]