Fargo, N.D.-based RDO Equipment Co. has partnered with Vanderfield Pty Ltd, an Australian John Deere dealer group. RDO joins the Vandersee family, including the founders and current owners of Vanderfield, as shareholders in Vanderfield Pty Ltd.
Gordon Vandersee founded Vanderfield in 1963 and the company became a dedicated John Deere dealership in 1970. Vanderfield was instrumental in bringing cotton pickers into Australia and since 1996, the company’s headquarters location in Toowoomba has been acknowledged as one of the largest individual John Deere dealerships in Australia. Vanderfield sells the complete range of John Deere agricultural machinery across its eight locations.
RDO Equipment Co. is a family-owned and operated company with more than 60 locations in nine U.S. states and partnerships in Russia and Ukraine. The company offers products including John Deere agriculture and construction, Vermeer, and Topcon equipment.
“RDO Equipment Co. places a high value on partnering with our employees,” said RDO Equipment Co. CEO Christi Offutt. “Along with customers, we consider our employees as a primary stakeholder group in our business. The Vandersee family and the Vanderfield employees have created a solid foundation for future growth, which will likely lead us to entering new Australian markets in the near future providing value to customers and opportunities for employees. We anticipate a great long-term partnership with the team at Vanderfield.”
“Both company’s roots are very similar,” said Ron Offutt, RDO Equipment founder and chairman. “We each understand that the best method of success is to put the customer first and to provide them the best service we can while creating the best possible workplace culture for our employees. This is our core business philosophy and our partners at Vanderfield believe this as well.”
