The 2013 Roto-Mix National Dealer Meeting was held March 16-19 in historic Dodge City, Kansas, where several new products were previewed for the dealers who attended from across the country and from Canada, Mexico and Japan. The event included dealer training, research results, product information and finished with an awards banquet where the Roto-Mix 2012 Dealer of the Year was awarded to Ag Equipment Inc. of Caldwell, Idaho.

Todd and Kimi Smith received the award from company president, Mike Hilderbrand, and general manager Kevin Zahrt.

Regional Sales Excellence Awards were given to the following dealerships:

  • SS Equipment with 11 stores in Oregon and Washington, for the Northwest region
  • Bill's Volume Sales with three stores in Nebraska and Colorado, for the High Plains region
  • Lytton Farm Equipment of Lytton, Iowa, for the Midwest region
  • Empire Tractor with five stores in western and central New York, for the Northeast region
  • Walnut Grove Auction Sales, Inc. of Roebuck, South Carolina, for the Southeast region

Activities began Saturday night with an informal reception followed by an evening of excitement as Roto-Mix hosted championship bull riding at the United Wireless Arena. The Roto-Mix CBR Dodge City Shoot-Out featured some of the best bull riders in the world and will be televised nationwide at a later date on Fox Sports.

After a plant tour on Sunday, the two-day main meeting started Monday morning at the Magouirk Conference Center. Dealers and company staff reviewed results of a recent dealer survey, updates on company strategy and a customer-driven, new product development process was reviewed.

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A dealer advisory council was appointed and met for the first time. The council elected as their chairman Bill Pullen of Bill's Volume Sales, who is a feed mixer dealer with 50 years experience.

Several training seminars were conducted and valuable dealer perspectives were received. PD

—From Roto-Mix news release

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Presenting the Roto-Mix 2012 Dealer of the Year Award is company president, Mike Hilderbrand (left), and general manager, Kevin Zahrt (far right). The award recipients are (standing center) Kimi and Todd Smith of Ag Equipment Inc. of Caldwell, Idaho. Photo courtesy of Roto-Mix.