Dealer News

John Fabick Tractor Company and FABCO Equipment Inc., have combined their family-owned, independently-operated companies.

Bringing the two Cat dealerships together continues a shared heritage that began in 1917 when John Fabick Sr. founded the Fabick Company in St. Louis.

CEO and Dealer Principal Doug Fabick will lead the organization along with President and co-Dealer Principal Jeré Fabick. The combined enterprise will be headquartered in St. Louis and will operate in major portions of Missouri and Illinois, one county each in Kansas and Oklahoma, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the entire state of Wisconsin. The entire enterprise comes together under the Fabick Cat name.

AgWeek reports Barnes County Implement in Wimbledon, N.D. is expected to close by October 1, with nearby Cooper Implement in the process of switching to independent status. Both stores were part of five Deere dealerships in the Langdon Implement Dealer Group.

After more than 75 years in the tractor and implement business, the Argus Observer reports that Hollingsworths’ Inc., with Deere stores in Ontario and Burns, Ore., and one in Weiser, Idaho, has changed hands and is now part of Camp Equipment (Kern Machinery) Bakersfield, Calif. Davin Peterson, general manager with Camp Equipment said all three stores will continue to operate. S