Conroe joins the team as new store manager
Waterville, NY – Feb. 2012
Walter Kogut, store manager of White’s Farm Supply, Inc. in Waterville announced his retirement from the Central New York Farm Equipment and Outdoor Power Equipment Dealership effective Feb. 1.
During his 20-year tenure, Kogut has been a team leader in propelling the growth and productivity of the Waterville branch of the three-store location (Waterville, Canastota, Lowville) machinery business that began in Canastota more than 65 years ago.
In his career at White’s, Kogut has built relationships with local farm businesses and said he will miss the everyday contact with the farming community and the employees that have worked alongside him in providing parts, service, and equipment to these customers.
Prior to joining White’s, Kogut had graduated from Utica College with a degree in business management and had worked for the former Barley Knitwear of Waterville for 28 years, beginning as an assistant production manager and moving on to production manager and then general manager.
Kogut is looking forward to spending more time with his wife, Bonnie, and their three children and two grandchildren. He likes to keep busy and will remain in the local area working with his son, Tim, in the construction industry.
Kogut would like to ask the community to join him and White’s Farm Supply in welcoming his successor to the Waterville store, Jeffrey Conroe. Conroe has already begun transitioning into his new role with the company and is excited to become involved in this new and exciting aspect of the agricultural industry.
Conroe has been involved with agriculture for 30 years with most of that time spent working for Richer Feeds in a variety of capacities from dairy nutrition to account management. He attended SUNY Cobleskill and graduated with a degree in ag business and is a registered animal scientist with ARPAS. He is an active member of the Morris Rotary Club, Westville Grange and National Milk Bottle Association.
Conroe and his wife, Mary Jane, have two sons, and a daughter, the youngest a junior at Oneonta College. He is a collector of milk bottles from Otsego, Chenango, Delaware and Schoharie counties as well as old memorabilia from the I. L. Richer Company. He has just started hiking the Adirondack Mountains with his oldest son, as well as taken up mountain biking.
Conroe is looking forward to meeting new and established customers, listening and helping them determine their needs so that the parts, service, and sales teams can get them the right product for the job.
The White family; Dale, Doug, Art, Jeff, and Greg invite the public to stop in at the Waterville store at 962 State Route 12 and meet the new store manager, Jeff Conroe.
