Ag Related Associations
Agricultural Driveline Manufacturers Association
ADMA’s mission is to promote increased safety awareness in regard to the design, operation, and maintenance of agricultural drivelines. To achieve this objective, our primary focus is on developing educational materials that address these goals.
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
AEM Serves the construction, mining, forestry indsutries, and the majors in the agricultural industry. Best source for stats. U.S. Ag Flash Reports is the link most shortliners use on this site
Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada
AMC is, first and foremost, a lobby association that speaks on behalf of the interests of Canada’s agricultural manufacturing industry.
Agricultural Retailers Association
ARA serves the ag retail and distribution industry.
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
ASABE Standards, standards and more standards. This group actually did write the book on the subject and continues to update it annually.
CME Group
CME’s ag page is one of the best sources of agricultural and commodity news.
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau’sNewsroom and FBNews and Legislative Action pages are worthwhile reading.
Equipment Marketing & Distribution Association
EMDA is the association of independent distributors and manufacturers representatives, marketing farm and related power equipment products, including light industrial, commercial, irrigation, forestry, turf and grounds maintenance, lawn and garden products. Online Directory
Equipment Dealers Association
EDA, formerly known as the North American Equipment Dealers Assn., (NAEDA) represents 4,500 retail dealers extensively engaged in the sale and service of agricultural, construction, industrial, forestry, outdoor power, lawn and garden, and/or turf equipment.
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM Lobbying in Washington, DC, and legal work on behalf of manufacturers.
National Fluid Power Association
NFPA has a great Standards Locator.
State, Regional, and Provincial Dealer Associations
This section provides information on the regional and provincial dealer associations, including their addresses, phone numbers, email, websites, and primary contact for the associations.
Canada East Equipment Dealers Association
Bev Leavitt, Executive Vice President
580 Bryne Drive – Unit C1
Barrie, ON L4N 9P6
(705) 726-2100
Fax: (705) 726-2187
Email: bev@ceeda.ca
Website: ceeda.ca
Deep Southern Equipment Dealers Association
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Southern part of Mississippi
Vince Zebeau, Executive Vice President
PO Box 1191
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-1191
(225) 383-5064
Fax: (225) 383-8581
Email: dseda@aol.com
Website: www.dseda.org
Far West Equipment Dealers Association
Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
Joani Woelfel, President/CEO
2355 N Lincoln St
Dixon, CA 95620-9215
(707) 678-8859
(800) 576-8850
Fax: (707) 678-0125
Email: fweda@fweda.com
Website: www.fweda.com
Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association
Iowa, Nebraska
Mark Hennessey, President/CEO
1311 50th St PO Box 65840
West Des Moines, IA 50265-0840
(515)223-5119
Fax: (515)223-7832
Email: markhineda.com
Website: www.ineda.com
UNITED Equipment Retailers Association
L. Kim Rominger, Executive VP / CEO
6124 Avery Rd (43016) PO Box 68
Dublin, OH 43017
(614)889-1309
Fax: (614)889-0463
Email: krominger@amgllcusa.com
Homepage: www.maera.org
Midwest-SouthEastern Dealers Association
Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Northern Mississippi, Southeastern Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Gary W. Manke, President/CEO
5330 Wall St Ste 100
Madison, WI 53718
(608) 240-4700
Fax: (608) 240-2069
Email: gmanke@medaassn.com
Montana Equipment Dealers Association
Montana
Bradley P. Griffin, CAE – Managing Director
1645 Parkhill Drive, Suite 6
Billings, MT 59102
(406) 256-1005
Fax: (406) 256-0785
Email: brad.griffin@mtretail.com
Web: www.mtretail.com/equipment-dealers
Pioneer Equipment Dealers Association
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
Matthew Larsgaard, President/CEO
1411 32nd St S
Fargo, ND 58103
(701) 293-6822
Fax: (701) 293-6824
Email: matthew@pioneereda.com
Website: www.pioneereda.com
Northeast Equipment Dealers Association Inc.
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Ralph F. Gaiss, Executive Vice President
PO Box 3470
Syracuse, NY 13220
(315) 457-0314
Fax: (315) 451-3548
Email: rgaiss@ne-equip.com
Website: www.ne-equip.com
Western Equipment Dealers Association
US: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
John Schmeiser, CEO
Canada: 2435 Pegasus Rd NE
Calgary, AB T2E 8C3
(403) 250-7581
Fax: 403/291-5138
US: 638 West 39th St (64111-2910)
PO Box 419264
Kansas City, MO 64141-6264
(816) 561-5323
Fax: (816) 561-1249
Email: jschmeiser@westerneda.com
Website: www.westerneda.com
Government Links
| ARS | USDA’s Ag Research Service |
| Census of Ag | USDA’s Census of Agriculture |
| CBP | Customs & Border Protection info on Marking of Country of Origin acquaints manufactures and exporters in other nations with requirements for goods imported into the U.S. PDF Booklet doc – 52 KB. pdf – 2,459 KB |
| Crop Reports | USDA’s National Ag Statistics Services Crop Report |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EPA | Environment Protection Agency |
| ERS | USDA’s Economic Research Service |
| NASS | USDA’s National Ag Statistics Services |
| NFIB * | The National Federation of Independent Business |
| NAM * | National Association of Manufacturers |
| Thomas | Legislative information from The Library of Congress |
| USDA | USDA’s Ag Page |
| OSHA Software | eTools and Electronic Products for Compliance Assistance |
| UCC Info * | University of Penn Law School Uniform Drafts and Acts |
| US House | U.S. House of Representatives (Find Your Rep) |
| US Senate | U.S. Senate (Find Your Senator) |