Brent McKillip has been around farm machinery dealerships most of his life. He got his start as a parts person at Plevna Implement, an Agco dealership in Kokomo, Indiana owned by his aunt and uncle. In 2005 he started in sales at McKillip Equipment, a John Deere dealership in Wabash, Indiana owned by his father Craig and 4 other members of the McKillip family. In 2007 the McKillips sold the dealership to Troxel Equipment and Brent continued to work at the dealership until November of 2011.