Ernst Irrigation traces its history back to 1873, when French shoemaker Francois Ernst set up shop in St. Paul. Thirty-seven years later, in 1910, Francois’ son Henry, who was more interested in the retail hardware business than making shoes, founded Ernst Hardware in St. Paul. In 1934, Ernst Hardware became a John Deere Dealer.
In 1965, Ernst Hardware, which had since passed on to Henry’s son Sledge, took on four partners, two of whom were Don Davidson, a local farmer, and Bill Dolan, a former R.M. Wade rep who knew a lot about irrigation. In 1999, after operating independently for several decades, Ernst Hardware merged with Fisher Implement, another John Deere dealer. They became the Fisher-Ernst Group.
At that same time, with many years of solid irrigation experience under its belt, the fledgling company of Ernst Irrigation was created as a division of the Fisher-Ernst Group. In 2009, when Fisher, which by then had changed its name to Fisher Farm and Lawn, decided to move the John Deere and Ernst Hardware franchises a few miles away, the original owners of Ernst Irrigation opted to buy that entity back and keep it in St. Paul.
Ernst Irrigation general manager Patrick Dolan, Bill’s son, sees a bright future for the company for several reasons, the chief one being the continued support he and his staff have been getting from the surrounding, tight-knit agricultural community. Many of the people who grow hops, grass seed, processing vegetables and nursery crops around St. Paul are related and can boast of ancestors who played a key role in settling the mid-Willamette Valley.
Company Details
- Employees
- 4
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 20179 Main St Ne, St Paul,oregon 97137,united States
- Industry
- Farming
- NAICS
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Crop ProductionOilseed and Grain FarmingVegetable and Melon FarmingFruit and Tree Nut FarmingGreenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture ProductionOther Crop FarmingSoybean FarmingOilseed (except Soybean) FarmingDry Pea and Bean FarmingWheat FarmingCorn FarmingRice FarmingOther Grain FarmingOrange GrovesCitrus (except Orange) GrovesNoncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut FarmingFood Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Floriculture ProductionTobacco FarmingCotton FarmingSugarcane FarmingHay FarmingAll Other Crop FarmingOilseed and Grain Combination FarmingAll Other Grain FarmingPotato FarmingOther Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon FarmingApple OrchardsGrape VineyardsStrawberry FarmingBerry (except Strawberry) FarmingTree Nut FarmingFruit and Tree Nut Combination FarmingOther Noncitrus Fruit FarmingMushroom ProductionOther Food Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Tree ProductionFloriculture ProductionSugar Beet FarmingPeanut FarmingAll Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
- Website
- http://ErnstIrrigation.com
- Keywords
- Irrigation, Tractors, LS Tractors, Bad Boy Mowers, Mowers, Liners, Pivots, Big Guns, Drip/Micro Irrigation, Irrigation Servis, VFD, Electrical, Pumps, Farming, Handwear.
- HQ
- St Paul, Oregon
- Competitors
- Jerry Pate Design, Inc..
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Ernst Irrigation has
4 employees.
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Ernst Irrigation's industry is
Farming
Ernst Irrigation's top competitors are
Jerry Pate Design, Inc..
Ernst Irrigation's categories are Farming
Ernst Irrigation's founding year is 1873
