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HOLT AgriBusiness® Celebrates Grand Opening Of Full-Service Store In Jonesboro, Ark.
JONESBORO, ARK.
HOLT AgriBusiness®, a family-owned, industry-leading agricultural equipment dealer, celebrated the opening of an expanded, full-service store serving Northeast Arkansas and the Mississippi Delta region.
This $4 million expanded location at 5511 South Stadium Blvd in Jonesboro significantly expands the breadth and depth of ag products, choices and services in the region. The location includes a 15,000 sq. ft. sales and parts building and a 10,000 sq. ft. full-service facility. The store offers sales, parts and service for tractors, combines and attachments from Challenger®, Fendt®, Massey Ferguson® and CLAAS/LEXION, as well as other industry-leading products for tilling, planting, plowing, spraying, shredding, grain handling, and harvesting.
“HOLT’s new facility in Jonesboro will offer rice, corn, cotton and peanut producers and other ag businesses the finest products and services in the industry, backed with expertise from professionals totally committed to their success,” said J.K. Baxter, HOLT AgriBusiness General Manager. “We are here to do whatever it takes to help our customers in this vital region stay on track at all points during the growing, harvest and off seasons – whether they’re an independent farmer or a large commercial producer.”
For more than a century, the Holt family has remained committed to keeping American farmlands thriving. Peter M. Holt, CEO of HOLT AgriBusiness, is the great-grandson of the American inventor and entrepreneur Benjamin L. Holt, who transformed the American landscape with the introduction of the Link-Belt Combined Harvester in1886 and the first Caterpillar® track-type tractor in 1904.
The Jonesboro store is staffed with 16 experienced service associates and trained technicians and managed by Bruce Martin, HOLT AgriBusiness Regional Operations Manager. Business hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, call (870) 933-8437 or visit www.HoltAg.com
To celebrate the grand opening, customers and local and state officials were invited to a luncheon and ribbon-cutting. U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Dana Bowman (ret.), a former Army Golden Knight who is a double-amputee and a well-known wounded warrior advocate, performed a skydiving show.
HOLT AgriBusiness and its affiliates employ more than 350 former military members – 17 percent of the company’s workforce – and are proud of their commitment to expand opportunities for America’s veterans.
About HOLT AgriBusiness®
HOLT AgriBusiness sells and services Challenger tractors, CLAAS and LEXION Combines and Forage Harvesters in addition to agricultural implements and allied products in selected parts of Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. HOLT’s involvement in agriculture goes back to the late 1800’s when Benjamin L. Holt successfully introduced the horse drawn “link belt” combined harvester, followed in 1904 by the first successful track type tractor which he named “the Caterpillar®.” Visit www.HoltAg.com for more information. ∆
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