Case Study: Johnson Brothers achieves 30% parts inventory reduction and reduced downtime with eMaint

eMaint Helps Regional Family Run Farm Compete in Consolidating Market

Johnson Brothers is a family‑owned corn and soybean farm in central Iowa (in operation since 1942) producing 187,000 bushels of corn and 55,000 bushels of soybeans on 2,000 acres, plus contract seed corn on 2,400 acres. Facing industry consolidation and tighter margins, the farm needed a way to track work orders, trigger preventive maintenance, manage parts inventory, and calculate exact equipment costs per bushel/acre after an in‑house Access CMMS proved insufficient.

They implemented the web‑based eMaint CMMS (about one month to deploy, including training and data import), accessible in the field via iPad and integrated with fluid‑analysis tools. The solution exposed true maintenance costs for 120+ machines, cut parts inventory by 30%, standardized procedures to minimize downtime, and enabled data‑driven replace‑vs‑repair and crop‑pricing decisions that protect profitability.

Johnson Brothers

Asa Moeckly

Partner & Service Manager