Dan Kamburoff was the last farmer in the city of Kent, Ohio, where he raised vegetables and sweet corn and sold them at the family farm market on Fairchild Avenue. While farming in Portage County, Dan was active in the Farm Bureau and served as county president. He also served as a Kent City Councilman. As farmland surrounding his operation continued changing, Dan decided to move his family to a farm just south of Ashland, Ohio.

In 2002, Dan attended the Farm Science Review with his wife, Julia. There, he stopped to speak with Bob Webb, an old friend who had supplied Dan with irrigation equipment over the years. Bob explained that he was considering retirement after 40 years in the irrigation business and asked whether Dan would consider taking over and purchasing the company. With the practical irrigation knowledge Dan had gained through years of farming, the transition was a natural fit, and a deal was made.

After taking over the business, Dan relocated the operation to his farm south of Ashland, using a shop he had recently constructed to restore two-cylinder John Deere tractors. His territory grew to include Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and New York. Columbus Irrigation carries equipment ranging from micro-sprinklers to large travelers, drip tape to large water guns, and 5-horsepower transfer pumps to 100-horsepower PTO pumps, covering irrigation equipment and supplies across a broad range of agricultural needs.