Dealer News:
Acquisitions and a Partnership

AgriVision Equipment Group, a Deere dealer, intends to acquire ICON Ag & Turf stores in January. The acquisition will add locations in Doon, Ireton, Lawton, Le Mars and Paullina, Iowa, to AgriVision’s 10 current locations in Southwest Iowa, Southeast Nebraska, and Northwest Missouri.

Riechmann Bros. in Okawville, Ill., has acquired Green/Line Equipment in Farina, Ill. The Farina location is Reichmanns fourth. The company also has shops in Breese and Centralia, Ill.

Koenig Equipment. has completed its acquisition of Smith Implements. The sale was final October 31. Koenig Equipment now owns and operates 13 Deere dealerships across Ohio and Indiana. 

Van Wall Equipment and Phelps Implement, Deere dealers with a similar history of family ownership, have agreed to become one company. The combined dealership organization will include the current Phelps Implement locations of Green, Grundy Center, Hampton, and Hubbard, Iowa. Those locations officially began operating as Van Wall Equipment on Monday (Nov. 13). The Van Wall Equipment operation now includes 25 Midwest locations.