In 1967, brothers Jerry and Gene Schaefer from Linn, Missouri, purchased
Wilson Farm Supply from D. G. Wilson and established Schaefer’s Farm Supply.  The company began with two employees and the owners.  Dick Schaefer came into the group in 1977 and did the farming and some service-related work.  Today the company employs 41 people.

Schaefer’s Farm Supply sold J. I. Case agricultural machinery, fertilizer and chemicals until 1977.  In the next several years, changes in the farm economy created a stronger demand for used parts than for used machines.  The company followed that trend and expanded into the construction and logging equipment used parts markets, as well. 

As the need for used parts evolved, Schaefer’s Farm Supply became Schaefer Enterprises in 1986 and entered into the world of technology with parts sales nationwide expedited by satellite and data network systems.

Schaefer Enterprises, located in Wolf Lake, IL, is a charter member of the National Tractor Parts Dealer Association.  Your Association for used, rebuilt and new agricultural and industrial repair parts.