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Bad Boy Mowers Plans $10.5M Tractor Assembly Plant in Alabama

The project at a former clothing distribution center is expected to create 50 jobs. read more >
Batesville manufacturer Bad Boy Mowers made its largest donation ever to Lyon College when it secured the naming rights for the school’s football stadium, which will open Sept. 13. [PHOTO provided]
Construction / Education / Tourism

Lyon College Scores Big with Football Investment & New StadiumLock Icon

The school is part of a nationwide trend in which small colleges use football to boost enrollment, school spirit and maybe even the bottom line. read more >
Manufacturing

Bad Boy Mowers to Expand, Add 300 Jobs Over 5 Years

Bad Boy Mowers says it will expand its campus in Batesville and create 300 new jobs over the next five years. read more >
Bad Boy’s latest deal is with Chad Belding of TV’s “The Fowl Life.” Belding’s home base, above, is in Sparks, Nevada.
Agriculture & Poultry / Manufacturing / Media & Marketing

Bad Boy, Good Sponsor: ‘Fowl Life’ Is Next

Bad Boy Mowers, the Batesville zero-turn mower maker known for its sports marketing, just refreshed its playbook. read more >
An electric arc furnace at Big River Steel’s Flex Mill near Osceola. Since the mill opened, it has provided hundreds of jobs and a big boost to the local economy.
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Biggest Deals of 2019 See Values Plummet 85%

The value of big deals in Arkansas plummeted 85% in 2019 compared with the previous year, dropping to $7.9 billion compared with a stratospheric $53.9 billion in 2018. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Health Care

New Rank Makes Case for Independence: AEDC Moves County to Top Tier

With a boost from business and business friendly policies, Independence County has vaulted to the top of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission's incentive tier rankings. read more >
Robert and Becky Foster on the floor of the Intimidator manufacturing facility in Batesville. The two run the business together, with Robert as company president and Becky as vice president.
Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Media & Marketing

Bad Boy, Spartan Turn Batesville into Mow TownLock Icon

Intimidator Inc.'s up-by-the-bootstraps saga helped turn the Independence County Industrial Park into a commercial mower hotbed, but it's also a tale of rivalry, strife and acceptance with rival Bad Boy Inc. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Manufacturing / Retail

Spartan Battles Bad Boy Mowers on Shared Turf in Batesville

Maybe a thousand feet as the crow flies separates the Intimidator plant from the Bad Boy facility in the Independence County Industrial Park. And though Intimidator is the startup, it lays claim to the 1 Bad Boy Blvd. address; Bad Boy is at 102 Industrial Drive. read more >
Scott Lancaster, left, of Bad Boy Mowers of Batesville and Mick McDonald, owner of Wideland Ag and Construction.
Manufacturing

Bad Boy Mowers Begins Exports to Australia

Bad Boy Mowers of Batesville, which makes a range of zero-turn lawn mowers for residential and commercial use, has begun exporting mowers to Australia. read more >
Inside the Bad Boy Mowers manufacturing plant in Batesville.
Agriculture & Poultry / Legal / Manufacturing

Bad Boy Mowers Sharpens Blade in Patent Lawsuit

Bad Boy Mowers of Batesville has hauled its cross-town competitor into court over allegations that it’s infringing on a Bad Boy patent for lawnmowers. read more >
Inside the Bad Boy Mowers manufacturing plant in Batesville.
Construction / Investments / Manufacturing

Bad Boy Mowers Announces Expansion, 160 New Jobs

The company will invest $7.8 million in a 68,000-SF facility on 10 acres across from its 1 million-SF, 29-acre facility. The expansion will add 160 future jobs, bringing employment to about 750 workers. read more >
David Brogdon

David Brogdon, Bad Boy Mowers (Large Private Company CFO Finalist)

David Brogdon, a Batesville native, became an accountant because he wanted to be “an important part of a growing company.” He’s achieved that goal at Bad Boy Mowers, which he joined in 1998. read more >
Inside the Bad Boy Mowers manufacturing plant in Batesville.
Agriculture & Poultry / Manufacturing

Bad Boy Mowers in Batesville Marks $7M Expansion

Bad Boy Mowers of Batesville marks the completion of a $7.4 million expansion it said will create more than 200 jobs over the next five years. read more >