Farm King

Farm King has been a mainstay for the agriculture community in Macomb and throughout West Central Illinois and Eastern Iowa for over 45 years . Dick and Azelia Severs opened the original Farm King store in Macomb in 1959. In 1965, the Macomb store moved to its current location on East Jackson in Macomb.  Since the original store opened in Macomb, the corporation has opened five other stores and purchased another building to be used as a corporate office and distribution center.  The Severs family opened their second store, in Monmouth, in 1962. The firm opened the Canton Farm King was opened in 1972.  Retail growth spawned the creation of stores in Galesburg and Kewanee in 1974 and 1982 respectively. The only store outside of Illinois was opened in 1989 and is in West Burlington, Iowa. Farm King continues to upgrade and enhance its computer management systems, the stores operate with state-of-the-art price scanning, sophisticated inventory tracking systems and central distribution, which includes a fleet of tractor-trailers. The company continues to be family owned and operated with the couple’s three sons, Rick, Randall and Brad as Vice Presidents in the management of what has become a six store corporation proud to be based in Macomb.