Dealer update: Expansions for Case IH, Sumo, Samagri, Merlo
© Kubota Our quarterly look at dealer network changes and company mergers and acquisitions features a series of new partnerships for Kubota and expansions for Case IH, Sumo, Samagri and Merlo
Lister Wilder adds new depot
Lister Wilder is to open a new Kubota centre in Bibury, Gloucestershire, which will see its Cirencester and Southam branches join forces. From January, the site will sell, service and support the complete range of orange-liveried agricultural, groundscare and construction machinery.
The dealership became Kubota’s first full-line dealer in Europe when it relinquished its Agco franchise last year.
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Yeowart Agricultural takes on McCormick
Former Massey Ferguson main dealer Yeowart Agricultural, based in Sharpthorne, West Sussex, is to sell McCormick tractors from 49hp to 310hp across its Surrey and Sussex territory.
Merlo extends its reach
Merlo has expanded its sales network with the addition of two dealers in the east of England.
Marst Agri Services, based at a new workshop near Hadleigh, Suffolk, will sell new telehandlers and attachments in East Anglia, in an expansion of the business that previously specialised in servicing and support.
The second is Collings Brothers of Abbotsely, which will offer the Merlo agricultural range across Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire from its depots in Abbotsely and Brigstock. The business also holds franchises for Deutz-Fahr, Kuhn, Claydon and MacDon.
Sumo partners with Tallis Amos
Sumo cultivation and drilling equipment is now available through Tallis Amos Group’s network of dealers, which stretches from south and west Wales to the Cotswolds, with branches at Evesham, Leominster, Narberth and Bristol.
The John Deere main dealer recently relocated the team at its fifth depot in Bibury to a new custom-built facility near Kemble, Gloucestershire.
The Krone Forage Solutions team together with Case IH area sales manager Simon Pratt, far left, and Case IH area service manager Robert Fox, far right © KFS
Case IH announces new Oxfordshire dealershipÂ
Krone Forage Solutions, based in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, has been appointed as a new Case IH dealer.
The Krone-owned business will take on the full range of Case tractors and combines, which it will sell alongside its Lemken and Krone product lines.
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Agco continues to shuffle the pack
Agco has announced several further changes to its dealer network in southern Scotland as it works to split Massey Ferguson from its Valtra and Fendt brands.
Scot Agri is now an exclusive Massey Ferguson dealer for the Lothian and Borders area, with outlets in Haddington and Kelso complementing its existing depots in Forfar, Huntly and Fraserburgh, which cover Angus and Aberdeenshire.
Meanwhile, Ancroft Tractors has added the Valtra franchise to its existing Fendt business in the Lothian and Borders areas, operating from outlets at Macmerry, Kelso and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Samagri strengthens Kockerling dealer network
Kockerling cultivator and seed drill importer Samagri has widened its coverage across southern England with the appointments of Lister Wilder, MST and Highwood.
Lister Wilder has five outlets from Kent to Warwickshire, while MST operates from branches at Tiverton and Lee Mill in Devon and South Petherton in Somerset. Highwood is based at Dorchester, Dorset.
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JJ Farm Services takes on Claydon
Gloucestershire dealer JJ Farm Services is to sell Claydon’s range of Opti-Till cultivators and drills in the Cotswolds.
Based at Far Stanley, Gretton near Cheltenham, the business will manage an area between existing Claydon dealers Ross Farm Machinery, which has depots in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and Turney Group’s branches in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.Â
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Bauer expands dealer network
Renton Farm Services, an agricultural engineering business near Dunbar, has taken on the Bauer franchise to supply new irrigators to growers throughout East Lothian.
The same applies to Reekie, which covers an important potato and vegetable growing area in central Scotland from its depots at Perth and Cupar.
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Paxtons launches on-farm delivery service for KV Original Parts
Kverneland dealer JG Paxton & Sons has launched a free, direct-to-farm daily delivery service for original parts to improve customer support in the Borders region.
Called Paxtons Borders Direct, the next-day deliveries will save customers travelling to and from the firm’s Alnwick depot for non-urgent parts, particularly after the closure of its Swinton Mill branch near Coldstream.
Machine servicing will continue to be handled at Alnwick.
Stoll acquired by Czech company
The family-owned Agrostroj Group has taken over Stoll, the German-based company best known for its tractor loaders and attachments.
The deal includes Stoll’s production facilities in Germany, Poland and the US, which Agrostroj will run alongside its other business concerns, including manufacturing drum mowers and components for the likes of John Deere, Krone and Kuhn.
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Kubota signs agreements with new machinery partners
Kubota has signed a research agreement with Topcon that will see the two companies work together to develop autonomous machinery. It has also taken over Pulverizadores Fede, a Spanish manufacturer of air blast sprayers and mist blowers for vineyards and orchards and, together with Yamaha Motor, has invested in Advanced Farm Technologies – a US start-up developing robotic strawberry harvesting.
The spending spree follows the penning of a deal that will see French manufacturer MX supply a broader range of loaders for Kubota’s M series tractors, including the M4003, M5002, MGX-IV, M6002 and M7003 models that span 66-170hp.
Through its Kverneland subsidiary, it has also acquired 80% of the shares in Roc, an Italian manufacturer of swath mergers. As it stands, there are no plans to rebrand the Roc equipment in KV or Kubota colours.
BouMatic takes over SAC Group
North America-based dairy equipment manufacturer BouMatic has taken over Danish firm SAC, which builds traditional and automatic milking systems. Customers are unlikely to notice any significant changes in the short term, with SAC expected to continue as before, albeit as a subsidiary of BouMatic, which is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.
