Longtime dealers end Claas partnership

Contracts in place to service machines through harvest 2025

Janelle Atyeo
Sep 13, 2024
Sep 13, 2024

Claas service changes 34 — Visitors to the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, check out a forage harvester at the Claas display. Claas has ended service contracts with two longtime dealers and is working to establish new partnerships and open some of its own stores.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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After ending contracts with two agricultural equipment dealers, Claas is looking for independent dealerships in the Midwest to sell and service its equipment.

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Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.