About Us

1903 | Adams, Rountree and Co. Opens in Boston, Georgia

Adams, Rountree and Co. was the leading general store in Boston, Georgia, carrying a wide variety of goods, from farm supplies to groceries and furniture. The store was the principal place of business and a social gathering place for the Boston community for a number of decades. In the mid-1900s, the name changed to Boston Implement Co., and the focus of the business changed to an agricultural equipment and supply store, with John Deere as the premier product line.

1920s | Rice Center Supply Company Founded

Rice Center Supply, which would later become the flagship store for Ag-Pro Arkansas, was the name of the original John Deere store opened in Stuttgart, Arkansas.

1945 | Groover Brothers Partnership Formed

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.

1958 | Boston Tractor Company Is Established

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.

1978 | Boston Tractor Company Relocates

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.

1981 | Agricultural Productivity Companies Is Born

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.

1994 | A Year of Change and an Era of Growth Begins

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.

2000 | Nichols Tractor Acquisition

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.

2013 | Ag-Pro Valdosta and Acquisition of GreenSouth Equipment

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.

2014 | Atlanta, Georgia, Expansion 

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.

2015 | South Texas Implement Company Acquisition

After much negotiation, Ag-Pro acquired South Texas Implement Company’s 11 dealerships. The acquisition of these dealerships provided an opportunity for significant sales growth and an opportunity for Kirt Morris and Kyle Cooper to partner in the Texas acquisition.

2015 | Opening of the Corporate Headquarters

In the summer of 2015, Ag-Pro Companies opened their corporate headquarters in Boston, Georgia.

2016 | Startup Location in Seneca, South Carolina

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 | A Year of Startup Locations & Acquisitions

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

2018 | Growth Continues

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

2019 | Expansion into the Midwest

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

2019 | Ritchie Tractor Acquisition

Ag-Pro continued their expansion by acquiring Ritchie Tractor’s three dealerships, serving Athens, Knoxville and Maryville.

2020 | Selling Texas, More Growth in Ohio 

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

2021 | Farragut Lawn & Garden Acquisition

Ag-Pro acquired Farragut Lawn & Garden in Knoxville, Tennessee, serving Farragut township. By 2021, Ag-Pro operated 79 locations across seven states.

2022 | Selling Alabama, Expanding into Northwest Ohio

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.