The Carrollton Farmers Exchange Company was established in 1920 by local farmers who wanted a dependable farm supply business within the community. Initially, the company bought and sold such items as feed, hay, grain, building material, implements, coal, fertilizer, seed, livestock and produce. In fact, Farmers Exchange once owned a lumber company and a concrete plant.
The company is owned by approximately 120 local shareholders and has not missed a dividend for many, many years.
During the 1980’s the company made a substantial investment in the present feed mill and in 2002 a new Drive-Thru facility was constructed and opened in Waynesburg.
Today, the company still handles many of the same products such as bagged and bulk locally manufactured feed, Buckeye Pet and Horse Feeds, bagged and bulk fertilizer, Kalmbach bagged and bulk feed, Dekalb and Asgrow seed corn and soybeans, fence, ag chemicals, livestock equipment and hay storage products such as sisal and plastic twine, net wrap and bale wrap. Additional items handled include; lawn and garden supplies including bulk vegetables seeds, mulch, wildlife feed and seed plot mixes, animal and pet bedding, hardwood stove pellets and our newest addition, Eco-Bricks, a compressed, hardwood, stove or fireplace burning brick made out of hardwood sawdust.
Farmers Exchange offers bagged and bulk feed and fertilizer delivery services, custom feed manufacturing, and bi-weekly delivery routes within a 12-15 mile radius of Carrollton. The company also has 7 fertilizer spreaders that may be rented for bulk fertilizer application.
Currently, Farmers Exchange employees 14 full-time employees and several part-time employees. The company purchases approximately 150,000 bushels of locally produced grain for use in our feed manufacturing business.
Farmers Exchange is governed by a 9 member Board of Directors, which is elected by the local shareholders. The Board, in turn, employs a General Manager who manages the day-to-day operations of the company.