Change can be a disrupter to a business, but for Alex Power Equipment it has led to some of the dealership’s greatest successes.

Rural Lifestyle Dealer congratulates Alex Power Equipment and Jacobi Sales Inc. on achieving 2019 Dealership of the Year status. They join 13 other elite dealerships that have earned this recognition since the program was started in 2007.

Dykes Equipment doing business as Appling Motors will carry Takeuchi excavators, skid steer loaders, track loaders, and wheel loaders for their primary customer base of agriculture and small-to-medium contractors.

Barda Equipment was named the 2019 Dealer of the Year and Barry Equipment was named the 2019 Rookie of the Year.

The award is given to a dealer who goes above and beyond to support and contribute to its community every day.

The Equipment Dealers Assn. announces the election of its new chairman of the board, Ivan Dorhout. Dorhout is the owner of Town & Country Implement, a Case IH, New Holland and Kubota dealership with stores in Iowa.

Dealers sound off regarding mergers, reliability and being terminated.

The Z994R mower is powered by a Final Tier 4, three-cylinder, liquid-cooled diesel engine. The high-torque, low-emission diesel engine provides power for tough conditions with low vibration and noise levels. 

Two family-owned, full-service John Deere dealer groups headquartered in Mexico, Mo., and Waterloo, Ill., announced plans to merge their businesses. Sydenstricker Implement Co. and Wm. Nobbe & Co. have partnered to form Sydenstricker-Nobbe Partners and anticipate officially beginning joint operation of 26 Missouri and Illinois dealerships in January 2020.