Bane-Welker Equipment expands Great Plains tillage equipment, grain drill offerings

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Bane-Welker Equipment is now offering Great Plains tillage equipment and grain drills at its Lebanon, Pendleton and Terre Haute locations in Indiana.

The company also offers the Great Plains brand at LaCrosse, Remington and Winamac in Indiana, and Georgetown, Plain City and Utica in Ohio.

“We’re thrilled to expand this high-quality brand in our markets, offering it to our customers,” said Jason Bane, president of Bane-Welker Equipment.

“We will sell and service tillage, full-size ag drills and compact drills at these new stores and will continue to offer the brand at the six other locations, as well.”

Adding the sales and service of this tillage equipment helps expand Bane-Welker’s coverage area for service.

“It’s important that we continue to be able to provide top-notch service and sales for many brands to our valued customers,” Bane said.

“We hope to be a reliable one-stop shop for our customers, saving them time and effort when it comes to their business needs.”

Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. was established in 1976 by company founder Roy Applequist.

Great Plains has become a leader in the manufacturing of agricultural implements for tillage, seeding and planting in the United States, as well as a leading producer of dirtworking, turf maintenance and landscaping equipment.

Now a Kubota Company, Great Plains divisions include Great Plains Ag, Great Plains International, Land Pride and Great Plains Trucking.

Bane-Welker Equipment, founded in 1967 by the late Kenneth and Patricia Bane, is an agriculture equipment company representing Case IH and other complimentary brands.

Bane-Welker offers new and used equipment, parts, sales, service, precision farming, online parts sales and customer support.

The company operates nine stores in Indiana in Crawfordsville, La Crosse, Lebanon, Pendleton, Plymouth, Remington, Terre Haute, Winamac and Wingate, and six stores in Ohio in Circleville, Eaton, Georgetown, Plain City, Utica and Wilmington.