About:EROL

Section Content~Our History:

Wynnstay was founded in 1918 by tenant farmers of the local Wynnstay estate and was formally constituted as a farmers' co-operative shortly afterwards. Over the succeeding decades, the organisation steadily grew.

A series of acquisitions during the last 15 years has expanded Wynnstay's trading area to include all of Wales, the border counties, and through much of the middle counties of England, from Cheshire and Staffordshire to Worcestershire and Oxfordshire.

Through our history of utilising franchise manufacturers for many of our products customers are serviced as far a field as Somerset, Sussex and Hampshire.

Our Company:

We have three main divisions - Feed, Arable and Stores.

Feeds, compounds and blends, are manufactured at our main plant near Oswestry for all livestock species. An extensive range of supplements has been developed under the Wynnstay brand including minerals, nutritional enhancers and feed blocks.

The arable division, based at Shrewsbury, offers a full range of inputs to the arable and grassland farmer. Cereal and grass seed is processed using our modern seed processing plant and sold under our long established Ridleys Hi-Gene brand. Shropshire Grain is a dedicated marketing service for farmers arable crops. As one of the largest UK distributors of Kemira Fertilisers, Wynnstay is a major supplier of fertiliser throughout our trading area.

Wynnstay Stores now operates from 24 locations offering an extensive range of products for the professional farmer and country dweller. From pet and equine food, through animal health products to farm gates and clothing, we offer a valuable service to all our customers.

In addition the Group has a number of joint venture activities, operating from various locations, trading in fuel distribution, equine feed manufacture and property development.

How We Are Growing:

In 1992, Wynnstay converted from a co-operative to a Public Limited Company in order to secure the company's long-term future enabling them to access alternative sources of capital for long-term investment.

More recently, in 2004, we moved to be an AIM quoted company whereby shares can be traded easily and company performance monitored by investors.

Despite this change of status, Wynnstay is still farmer controlled; some 80% of the company's shareholders are local farmers, the remaining being outside investors and staff, all of whom own shares.~~~361~592~~