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, farming, and 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 and began to play a larger role in the business. James Groover, Jr. 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 kick-start 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.

2004 | Live Oak Tractor Acquisition

The purchase of Live Oak Tractor in 2004 provided Boston Tractor 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 umbrella.

2012 | The Organization is Rebranded as Ag-Pro

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.

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 | Ag-Pro Arkansas Sells to Greenway Equipment

 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 to focus on numerous other expansion opportunities.

2015 | South Texas Implement Company Acquisition

After much negotiation, Ag-Pro acquired South Texas Implement Company’s eleven 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 in Alabama

Neuhaus & Co. in Weslaco, Texas

2018 | Growth Continues

In 2018, Ag-Pro continues with 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.

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. As of November, Ag-Pro operates 90 locations across nine states.