Tarter expands |
DUNNVILLE — Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment, Dunnville, KY, is expanding both its eastern and western heavy ag manufacturing facilities to keep pace with the growing ag equipment business nationwide.
Tarter Industries in Liberty is a 250,000-square-foot facility that manufactures 3-point equipment, skid-steer attachments, snow removal equipment, construction equipment, and cattle-handling equipment for Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment.
A $2-million expansion adding 40,000 square feet of manufacturing space and equipment is currently underway. This expansion is expected to be completed by August and will add approximately 75 new jobs in Casey County.
Tarter has also experienced steady growth in their western sales regions in all product categories, including heavy ag. The company has expanded its facility in Corinne, Utah, adding buildings and purchasing S700,000 worth of additional equipment for their Tarter West facility including cranes, press brakes, hi-def plasmas, overhead cranes, trucks and forklifts. This work was completed at the end of June and has added an additional 35 jobs to the Corinne/Box Elder County area.
“These expansions are a key component of our on-going strategy to provide affordable, high-quality, American-made ag and construction products to our private and OEM dealer networks,” said Josh Tarter, vice-president for Tarter Farm and Ranch.
Over the last 15 years, Tarter has steadily grown into one of the largest 3-point equipment/tractor attachment manufacturers in the nation, and these expansions are necessary for their continued growth in these and other construction equipment manufacturing areas, Tarter said.
Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment is 66-year-old company still privately owned and operated by the Tarter family. The company manufactures more than 950 products across 10 product categories, and ships product to dealers in all 50 states and Canada.
