Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Mike and Bo Schlechter - Everglades
Episode Summary
we're thrilled to have Mike from Everglades Equipment Group joining us. Everglades Equipment Group, a family-owned John Deere dealership founded in 1963, boasts 18 locations across central and south Florida. They serve a diverse range of customers, from major agricultural producers to golf courses and construction businesses. Originating as a farming operation around southeastern Lake Okeechobee, the company traces its roots back to the early 1900s with Emanuel and Mary Schlechter. Now a third-generation leader, Mike will share insights on their expansive operations, the challenges of finding good help, and the motivation behind their popular YouTube channel, EvergladesTV, which has garnered 50.7k subscribers.
Episode Notes
@EvergladesTV 50.7k YouTube Subs
John Deere Dealership
- Founded in 1963, Everglades Equipment Group is a family owned and operated full-service John Deere dealership with 18 locations
- covering central and south Florida.
- Everglades Equipment Group serves a wide range of customers
- the largest agricultural producers of sugar
- citrus
- vegetables
- individual farmers
- golf courses
- nurseries & commercial landscape management companies
- construction businesses
- We have become one of the largest John Deere dealers in the world by focusing on customer experience
- Everglades was initially founded as a farming operation around southeastern Lake Okeechobee (which continues to this day
- The company traces its beginnings in Florida to the early 1900s when Emanuel and Mary Schlechter, with their seven children, left the Upper Midwest after reading about the vast agricultural opportunities in Florida. (from North Dakota)
- Started a tractor repair shop
Mike
- What Generation? – 3rd
- Has he always worked for the dealership
- What does the farming operation look like?
- How does he find good help?
- What was the motivation to start a YouTube Channel
- Has this been a struggle with “Mother Deere”
- What are some hobbies?
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