February Feature
'LIQUID ASSETS'
2012 Peterbilt 389

Farmers Oil Company was started in the late 1960's by Ray Graves. He hauled produce cross country, and fuel to area farmers and CO-Ops.  During the 1970's his son Larry went to work for him as a driver and eventually started his own fleet under Larry Graves Trucking, which consisted of 10 trucks. Larry then got out of the truck went into the office to dispatch trucks with Ray.  On January 1st, 2000, Larry and his wife Donna bought the company from Ray and took over operation of Farmers Oil Co. Inc.  At the time of the purchase the fleet consisted of 27 trucks and 48 trailers. Today Farmers Oil has grown to 98 trucks and over 150 trailers. They haul many products over a broad range in the United States.

Farmer’s Oil Co is considered a family owned business because everybody owns a truck. Ray still has two trucks and four propane trailers that he leases to Farmer’s Oil, Larry and Donna’s son Jeremey has 11 trucks and trailers leased to the company, and their daughter, Julie Martin, also has four trucks and trailers leased to the company.

Jeremey, owner of our February feature truck, ‘Liquid Assets,’ runs the Anthony, KS location and is the dispatcher at Farmer’s Oil Co. Inc. Jeremey has been trucking his all his life; starting on the lap of his father Larry when he was just a baby, and as a young boy, he rode in the bulk truck with his Granddad.  After college Jeremey took to the wheel himself and drove his own truck.  Now days Jeremey and his wife Jessica have their own children to prop up behind the wheel: Abbey, Natalie, Zachery, and Emalie.  They all seem to have taken a liking to the business and if it sticks, they will make up the 5^th generation of the Graves’ family in trucking.

Jeremey also runs a blog called Bucket List on BlogSpot.  You can check it out by following the link here: http://farmersoilbucket.blogspot.com

Or, if you are looking for more information or want to contact Farmer’s Oil Co. you can visit their website at www.farmersoilcoinc.com