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Ag-Pro is a family-owned business rooted in strong values and a commitment to putting customers first. Our customer-focused approach ensures every person we serve gets the care, support, and respect they deserve.
Whether you need farm equipment, machinery to maintain a residential property or anything in between, our team of professionals is here to help. We carry many additional product lines coupled with a knowledgeable Parts, Service and Sales staff so we can meet the demands of our diverse market coverage.
Over the last 67+ years, Ag-Pro has seen many changes in the industry, and we will continue to grow and adapt to meet our customers' needs. We are still family owned and operated and strive to provide the customer service that customers expect in a John Deere dealership.
We’re proud of our rich history of service to John Deere customers across North America.
Keep reading to learn more about how Ag-Pro has grown from our early days in Boston, Georgia, to serving customers across 83 locations nationwide.
James Groover Sr. and Samuel “Dick” Groover formed the Groover Brothers Partnership after returning from the war in 1945. The brothers began acquiring land and farming, and they opened Boston Seed Company across the street from Boston Implement Co.
Grady Sherrod, a local business owner, personally financed the $6,000 purchase of Boston Implement Company for James Groover Sr. and Dick Groover. After acquiring the business, the Groover Brothers renamed Boston Implement Company to Boston Tractor Company.
With two John Deere dealers in Thomas County, and at the request of Deere & Company, James and Dick built a new facility and relocated Boston Tractor Company to Brooks County. This relocation placed Boston Tractor Company close to a large base of agricultural customers.
Frank Lyon, a wealthy Arkansas businessman, purchased John Deere dealerships in and around Stuttgart, Arkansas, from J.W. Benefield. He engaged a marketing consulting firm to generate ideas for a new name for his Arkansas dealerships. The end result was to brand the locations as Agricultural Productivity Companies, or Ag-Pro for short.
After his father’s passing in 1994, James Groover Jr. acquired his father’s shares of Boston Tractor Company and began to play a larger role in the business. James began working with his Uncle Dick to hire aggressive salesmen, one of whom was the former Thomas Stone. Newly developed products coupled with new energy in the dealership drove sales growth and increased market share for Boston Tractor Company.
After Dick Groover’s retirement, James Groover Jr. and Thomas Stone purchased Dick’s shares of the company. Together, James and Thomas worked to establish a path of growth and acquisitions. Explosive sales growth began.
As a result of the Dealer of Tomorrow Strategy, James and Thomas partnered with a high-performing salesman at Boston Tractor Company, Timothy Hiers (Timmy), to purchase Nichols Tractor in Bainbridge, Georgia. Timmy moved to Bainbridge to manage Nichols Tractor and kickstart sales.
With new ownership in place, sales flourished. What was originally a conservatively, well-run business selling $13.8 million in 1998 made its mark as sales grew to $51.5 million by the end of 2001.
The purchase of Live Oak Tractor in 2004 provided Boston Tractor Company a mixture of small ag and turf sales to balance the sales mix for the company. In only one year, Live Oak Tractor’s sales more than doubled under the Boston Tractor Company umbrella.
Boston Tractor Company purchased Mershon Tractor, an underperforming location, in 2008. After a store overhaul, the location grew sales from $8 million annually to $29 million annually by the end of the first 18 months.
Growth continued for Boston Tractor Company with the purchase of Agricultural Productivity Companies’ seven locations in Central Arkansas. With this growth came the opportunity for Matthew Carlton and Gordon Mooney to acquire ownership in the company. Matthew relocated to lead the Arkansas locations. Over the course of only four years, annual sales in Arkansas grew from $79 million to $170 million.
The exponential growth of the company made it necessary to brand the organization under one name. Rights to the name “Ag-Pro” were purchased with the acquisition of the Arkansas dealerships. Since the name marketed well across all geographies, the ownership team branded their Georgia and Florida locations as Ag-Pro and designed a new logo that would fit well with future growth across anywhere in the United States.
To capture a larger market share in the turf market, Ag-Pro opened a Valdosta, Georgia, location in March 2013. In this same year, Ag-Pro acquired GreenSouth Equipment. The acquisition of GreenSouth’s 13 locations secured a large territory in South Georgia and North Florida, establishing Ag-Pro as a prominent, leading dealer across Georgia and Florida.
Acquiring GreenSouth’s dealerships paved the way for Ag-Pro to establish a footprint in Metro Atlanta. In 2014, Ag-Pro purchased Fayette Tractor in Fayetteville, Lawn Equipment Solutions in Grayson, Rockdale Tractor in Conyers, Coweta Tractor in Newnan, Mid-Georgia Tractor in Macon and the John Deere rights from Southside Equipment in Milledgeville. With the relocation of the Fayetteville location to McDonough, Georgia, and the relocation of the Newnan location, Ag-Pro optimized the distance between their Metro Atlanta locations.
Explosive sales growth and new facilities in Arkansas caught the interest of a neighboring dealer, Greenway Equipment. After multiple attempts to purchase Ag-Pro Arkansas, the two companies agreed to a deal. In August 2014, Ag-Pro sold their seven Arkansas dealerships to Greenway Equipment and began focusing on numerous other expansion opportunities.
After much negotiation, Ag-Pro acquired South Texas Implement Company’s 11 dealerships. This acquisition provided an opportunity for significant sales growth and expanded presence in the Texas market.
In the summer of 2015, Ag-Pro Companies opened their corporate headquarters in Boston, Georgia.
Specializing in lawn mowers & compact utility tractors to serve homeowners and weekend farmers as well as the small ag markets, the startup location in Seneca, South Carolina, grew the organization to 36 locations.
2017 was a major year of growth for Ag-Pro. In this year, Ag-Pro added 19 locations through six acquisitions and the opening of three new locations.
Snead Ag Acquisition
Seven locations across North Alabama and North Georgia
Piedmont Outdoors Acquisition
One location in Piedmont, Alabama
Collins Auto & Equipment
One location in Guntersville, Alabama
Gainesville, Georgia
New location
Anderson, South Carolina
New location
Jacksonville, Florida
New location
Cole’s Equipment Acquisition
One location in Dalton, Georgia
Fredericksburg Equipment Acquisition
One location in Fredericksburg, Texas
Neuhaus & Company Acquisition
Five locations across the Rio Grande Valley in Southern Texas
In 2018, Ag-Pro continued its rapid pace of expansions by acquiring a location in Kerrville, Texas, and opening a John Deere sales and rental location in Quitman, Georgia, as well as several other major acquisitions.
Quitman Rental
Jan. 2018 – One location in Quitman, Georgia
Secor Equipment Acquisition
Jan. 2018 – One location in Kerrville, Texas
Crystal River, Florida
May 2018 – New location
Wilson Equipment Acquisition
Sept. 2018 – One location in Spartanburg, South Carolina
New Braunfels, Texas
Sept. 2018 – New location
R&R Tractor Acquisition
Nov. 2018 – One location in Boerne, Texas
JD Equipment Acquisition
Dec. 2018 – Locations in Ohio and Kentucky
At the end of 2018, Ag-Pro began its fast expansion into the midwest by first acquiring JD Equipment, which had 10 stores in southern Ohio and Kentucky. By the end of January 2019, Ag-Pro had acquired two more dealerships in Ohio and opened a few new locations in Texas, Georgia and Florida. At the end of 2019, Ag-Pro operated 90 locations across nine states.
Bandera, Texas
Jan. 2019 – New Location
Shearer Equipment Acquisition
Jan. 2019 – Seven locations in Ohio
Kuester Implement Acquisition
Jan. 2019 – Three locations in Ohio
Rome, Georgia
Feb. 2019 – New location
Brunswick, Georgia
March 2019 – New location
Lake City, Florida
April 2019 – New location
Homestead Lawn Acquisition
June 2019 – One location in Cleveland, Tennessee
Five Points Implement Acquisition
June 2019 – One location in Hillsboro, Ohio
Quitman Rental
Jan. 2018 – One location in Quitman, Georgia
Secor Equipment Acquisition
Jan. 2018 – One location in Kerrville, Texas
Crystal River, Florida
May 2018 – New location
Wilson Equipment Acquisition
Sept. 2018 – One location in Spartanburg, South Carolina
New Braunfels, Texas
Sept. 2018 – New location
R&R Tractor Acquisition
Nov. 2018 – One location in Boerne, Texas
JD Equipment Acquisition
Dec. 2018 – Locations in Ohio and Kentucky
Ag-Pro continued their expansion by acquiring Ritchie Tractor’s three dealerships, serving Athens, Knoxville and Maryville.
2020 was a year full of change in many ways, and Ag-Pro was no exception. One of the biggest changes for the company was the sale of the Texas locations to new dealer, Tellus Equipment. In August 2020, the sale of the 21 stores in the Texas region became official and focus shifted to new locations, such as the addition of a brand new John Deere dealership location in Murphy, North Carolina. Growth continued into the fall with the purchase of three Ohio dealership groups, making a total of 77 locations in eight states.
Murphy, North Carolina
August 2020 – New location
Texas Stores Sold
August 2020 - 21 locations
Moore's Lawn & Garden
November 2020 – 2 locations in Ohio
Cope Farm Equipment
November 2020 – 3 locations in Ohio
Holkenborg Equipment
November 2020 – 1 location in Ohio
Ag-Pro acquired Farragut Lawn & Garden in Knoxville, Tennessee, serving Farragut township. By 2021, Ag-Pro operated 79 locations across seven states.
In February, the seven Alabama locations were sold to a neighboring dealer. The following month, Ag-Pro acquired the eight Findlay Implement Company locations in Northwest Ohio, expanding the total Ohio footprint to 35 locations and the overall location count to 80 stores across seven states.
In January, Ag-Pro added a location in Greenville, South Carolina, that offers a full line of John Deere mowers and tractors along with compact construction equipment, STIHL handheld equipment and more.
In September, Ag-Pro announced the acquisition of a John Deere dealership in South Daytona, FL. The formerly known "South Daytona Tractor & Mower" has been serving Volusia County and its surrounding counties since 1990.
The products available for sale and service at this location will be expanded to include John Deere's Compact Construction Equipment line which encompasses skid steers, mini excavators, and more. Simultaneously, we will soon begin renovating the facility and expanding the service shop to better serve customers and provide for continued growth.
In January, Ag-Pro acquired Southeast Mower & Saw Shop in Waycross, Georgia. With this transition, the product offering in Waycross will expand to include a wide array of John Deere parts and equipment, including tractors and compact construction equipment.
It’s our privilege to play an integral role in our communities. Check out this page to stay up to date on events at your local Ag-Pro John Deere location, or click here to keep in step with Ag-Pro’s blog.
The Ag-Pro location in Marietta, Georgia represents a strategic startup location designed to expand Ag-Pro’s presence in the Metro Atlanta market. Located at 800 Progressive Way, the store brings a full lineup of John Deere equipment, parts, and service to farmers, landscapers, contractors, and homeowners in the region. Quitman, Georgia—formerly known as Ag-Pro Quitman—has transitioned into a dedicated Rent Pro location, allowing the facility to focus specifically on equipment rentals and further strengthen Ag-Pro’s ability to support customers with flexible access to construction and land-management equipment.
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In addition to promotions we offer to serve our customers even better, you can also access John Deere Specials at your local Ag-Pro location. More interested in parts? Check out our current Parts Specials here.
