text: Jerry Pasker moved to South Cedar Street in Monticello, Iowa and was introduced to Harold Sovereign, who sold John Deere tractors and equipment. Pasker and Sovereign formed a partnership known as Industrious Farmer Equipment Company, and moved the business to the vacant second floor of Sovereigns dealership on South Cedar Street. In 1946 the business again outgrew its facility. To accommodate the expansion, Pasker purchased the property of an auto dealership on Main Street. During that time the company manufactured hydraulic components, wagon hoists, truck hoists, valves and hydraulic cylinders. In 1948 the companys name was changed to Energy Farm Equipment Company. In 1962 the business incorporated to become Energy Manufacturing Company, Inc., by which it is still known.
  Jerry Pasker was killed in a 22 July 1964 airplane crash in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; the company presidency then passed to LaVon Pasker.