Iowa-based farm equipment company expanding to South Dakota

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) - An Iowa-based farm equipment assembler and dealer is expanding to the South Dakota city of Watertown.

Inwood, Iowa-based Faber’s Farm Equipment hopes to be fully operational at the $1.2 million site on eight acres of land in a Watertown industrial park in early July.

Watertown Development Co. Executive Director Craig Atkins says six jobs will be created initially, with additional staff added over the next two years.

Faber’s assembles and deals McCormick, Vermeer, Krone and Versatile farm equipment.