Irrigation News

Every summer, several RDO Equipment Co. stores in the Midwest region plan and host one day of fun for a very special audience.

When Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity announced that the Fargo-Moorhead community had been selected for this year’s national Blitz Build event, it was a rare and unique opportunity to make a big impact for several local families.

RDO Equipment Co. and R.D. Offutt Company are pleased to announce PATH ND is the charitable partner of its 20th annual RDO Caters Taters for Charity luncheon, taking place Tuesday, November 26, at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Fargo.

A fun day awaits the entire family at RDO Equipment Co. Day of Play events this summer. Several Day of Play events are planned in June and July at RDO stores in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Team members from the RDO Equipment Co. stores in Phoenix and Chandler took part in the 15th-annual Pat’s Run charity race in Tempe in April. The proceeds from Pat’s Run go to the Pat Tillman Foundation’s Tillman Scholars program, which provides college scholarships for veterans and their spouses.

Sometimes, the stars align. Such was the case with Waste Wood Recyclers, the Burnsville – VER team, and a charity event known as Log A Load For Kids.

We're pleased to announce Great Plains Food Bank as this year’s benefiting charity of RDO Caters Taters for Charity. The annual potato luncheon will be held Tuesday, November 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Delta Hotels by Marriott Fargo.

We invite you to join us for a look back at 2017 and some of the key areas that made this year another one to remember.

RDO Equipment Co. awarded 41 grants and a total of more than $500,000 to 41 volunteer fire departments across the company footprint through a special initiative of its Community Builder program.

RDO Equipment Co. and R.D. Offutt Company’s annual charity luncheon, RDO Caters Taters for Charity, raised a record $81,569 for benefiting charity, CCRI.

Imagine a child getting an up-close view of the big green equipment he sees in the fields near his home. That’s just what happens at RDO Equipment Co.’s Day of Play events.

Since it launched in July of 2015, a one-of-a-kind initiative known as the Community Builder program has been impacting charitable organizations across the R.D. Offutt Company footprint and within its companies, including RDO Equipment Co. and R.D. Offutt Farms.

Members of the Oregon RDO-Vermeer team participated in the annual Professional TrailBuilders Association (PTBA) Conference in Bend, Oregon the week of March 13. The conference allowed the RDO-Vermeer team to demo three different machines – S725tx, S800tx, and CTX100, along with several different attachments – to professional trail builders from all over the country in real trail building scenarios as well as a “mock jobsite.”

“I wanted to be the Good Samaritan, driving around in a John Deere tractor, helping farmers who looked like they were having a tough time.” With a laugh, that’s exactly how Bill Gross describes the desire and driving force that led him to create Farm Rescue, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to farming families experiencing unexpected crises.