ABOUT US
The founder of Booth Machinery, Dick Booth, received the contract to sell Minneapolis Moline tractors in December, 1965. Dick had previously worked in artificial insemination for cattle and dairy operations in the surrounding area, but decided to venture into machinery sales when the amount of cattle in the area began to dwindle. In the beginning, Booth Machinery was staffed by only Dick and his four boys - Dan, Gary, Kenny, and Rick. Of course all of his boys were still in school, so he was a one man operation while school was in session. Around 1970, the Oliver line was picked up with Moline after two other local dealers went out of business.
Booth Machinery then became a New Holland dealer around 1973, about the same time they hired their first non-Booth mechanic, Brad Kenny. In 1975, Minneapolis Moline and Oliver was folded into White Farm Equipment (WFE) and Booth Machinery began selling silver tractors as opposed to prairie gold or green tractors. Also in 1975, the New Holland Twin Rotor combines were released and Booth Machinery began to push them over the White combines they had previously sold.
During the early eighties, while there was a recession and WFE was having economic issues, Booth Machinery became a Kubota dealer. Kubota allowed Booth Machinery to sell more compact tractors and not only rely on row crop and hay equipment.
In 1986, New Holland was purchased by Ford and we began to sell Ford tractors as well as New Holland equipment. Around the same time, after WFE had gone through multiple bankruptcies and ownerships, Booth Machinery dropped the WFE contract. In 1991, Ford sold Ford-New Holland to Fiat and the Ford name was removed from the tractors to make it just New Holland, leaving our two main equipment lines as New Holland and Kubota.
2023 will mark our 58th year of business. We are still family owned, family staffed and have no intention of changing. However, we do have a major hole in the business since founder, dad and grandpa Dick Booth went to be with the Lord in April of 2014. We suffered another major loss to cancer in the passing of our business manager and oldest brother Dan Booth in August of 2021. We all at Booth Machinery miss the integral roles they had in this business and plan to honor their memory by carrying on for another 50+ years.
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Gary Booth
Sales
Gary has 13 years of full time experience in two stints, after graduating high school until 1980 and since 2001. In the 20 years between working for Booth Machinery, Gary worked in forage and in alfalfa processing. This experience is why Gary is our hay specialist.
Rick Booth
Sales
Rick was born in the house which once stood across the drive from Booth Machinery and he has worked full time since graduating high school in 1984. On top of managing the service department, Rick also works as a salesman.
Austin Sims
Sales
My wife, Danielle & I have 5 children, 4 girls & 1 boy. We are from Benton County and attend Forever Grace Church. When I am not selling farm equipment, we like being in the outdoors, hunting & fishing. Tractors are awesome!
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Rick Booth
Service Manager
Rick was born in the house which once stood across the drive from Booth Machinery and he has worked full time since graduating high school in 1984. On top of managing the service department, Rick also works as a salesman.
Monte Cooksey
Mechanic
Monte is our Service Tech, he's been doing it for 30 + years. He has always enjoyed working on his farm & around construction equipment. In addition, older cars, trucks, hot rods, and classics. When he gets some free time, hunting and fishing are fun. The most important and enjoyable thing he does is raise his granddaughter.
Cale Powers
Mechanic
Cale is our Service Tech. A lifelong resident of Ladoga, Cale came to us with years of experience. After high school served as crew mechanic for Hall of Fame Sprint car racer Danny Smith and winning awards along the way. In his free time he enjoys helping area farmers with harvest and also serves as a Ladoga Fire Department volunteer. Cale enjoys spending time with his family and friends camping, cutting firewood and watching Sprint car racing.
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Pete McCormick
Parts Counter
Pete began in August of 2022 with a background in customer service. A Montgomery County native who enjoys working around the farm. In his spare time he’s working on his old Triumph or getting a bike ride in.