About Wilbur-Ellis Feed Division

Backed by more than 85 years of experience, our Animal Feed Division has the ability to consistently locate sources of supply and deliver high-quality products anywhere in the world in the most cost-effective and timely manner. Our reputation in the Feed Industry for expertise, integrity and quality has met the challenge of changing supplier and customer requirements. Our commodity traders are linked to an international communication network to ensure they stay ahead of volatile markets. The Animal Feed Division continues to actively seek new products and explore emerging markets around the world.

The Wilbur-Ellis Feed Division, one of the three business segments comprising Wilbur-Ellis Company, is organized into three business units:

• Marketing
• Forage
• Animal Nutrition

Together, these units of the feed division make up one of the world's largest trading organizations specializing in feed ingredients. Although the various divisions and units of Wilbur-Ellis Company function as autonomous businesses, Wilbur-Ellis customers and suppliers enjoy the advantages brought into play by our international marketing and distribution capability.

Few companies can match our financial strength or our commitment to providing superior service.

Size Matters

Backed by over 8 decades of experience and with strategically located offices and manufacturing facilities, the Wilbur-Ellis Animal Feed Division is one of the world's largest suppliers to the feed industry.

Suppliers and customers have benefited by developing long-term business relationships with Wilbur-Ellis. Aggressive marketing programs allow us to offer an extensive range of innovative, value-added products. An international network of offices gives us an important insight into current needs and future trends of a highly volatile global marketplace. This network also allows us to service both ends of a transaction. It is important reason why we have earned a reputation for providing unparalleled service.

Year after year, our suppliers have found that few companies can match our financial strength and our commitment to servicing existing markets and identifying new ones. The result - a consistent market for their products at the contracted price - regardless of changing market conditions.

Security of the Deal

Changing weather patterns. Unstable economic conditions. New suppliers. Expanding markets. Revised nutritional requirements. These and many other factors can affect the supply and demand for feedstuffs. In the fast-paced, ever-changing commodities trading arena, access to accurate, timely information is absolutely crucial.

Wilbur-Ellis commodity traders are linked to an international communication network. A constant flow of up-to-the-minute information keeps our seasoned traders apprised of even the most subtle changes in the market.

Almost any trading company can do well when the market is favorable. The real test of an organization is when demand is slow or supply sources dwindle. We look at these challenging market conditions as opportunities to prove our commitment to both our customers and our suppliers. At Wilbur-Ellis, we deliver what we promise.

Our traders stay one step ahead of a volatile marketplace.

World Wide Reach

The Animal Feed Division continues to actively seek new products and explore emerging markets around the world. Wilbur-Ellis supports these marketing efforts through key acquisitions as well as investments in specialized formulation and processing facilities.

A case in point is our rapidly growing hay business. During the 1980s, we recognized a relatively new market for top quality hay for animal feed in the Pacific Rim. By moving quickly to integrate the extensive resources of Wilbur-Ellis, making key investments in manufacturing facilities, and providing a top quality product, the Animal Feed Division has achieved a market leadership position in a highly competitive industry.

Innovation in Product Creation

Wilbur-Ellis' Animal Feed Division handles an impressive variety of plant and animal protein products, including whole cottonseed, cottonseed meal, beet pulp, hay, citrus pulp, distillers dried grains, cereal grains, oilseeds, fishmeal, meat and bone meal, feather meal, blood meal and many others.

Alert to changing needs, Wilbur-Ellis has enjoyed notable success in the distribution of feed commodities to an aquaculture industry that is flourishing worldwide. We serve aquaculture customer requirements in Canada, the Pacific Rim and the United States.

Our worldwide, integrated trading and distribution services in feed commodities are supported by key investments in specialized formulation and processing facilities.

Backed by the financial strength of Wilbur-Ellis, a company with annual sales over $2 Billion, the Animal Feed Division continues to actively seek new products and explore emerging markets around the world. Wilbur-Ellis supports these marketing efforts through key acquisitions as well as investments in specialized formulation and processing facilities.

Service Commitment

To a great extent, the success of the Animal Feed Division can be attributed to our commitment to providing superior service, standing behind our commitments, aggressively pursuing new markets, and designing new programs that offer premium value to our customers.

Today, we are poised at the dawn of a new era rich in opportunities for continued growth. We have a worldwide team of talented associates and employees that have the imagination and experience needed to help our business partners take advantage of these opportunities.

New Product Development

Many manufacturers produce a by-product that can be an expensive disposal problem, complicated by an increasing number of government regulations. Often, our merchandise specialists, who are constantly looking for new opportunities, can convert this same by-product into a revenue generator.

In an era when a manufacturer's competitive edge increasingly depends on maximizing every revenue opportunity, many companies are recognizing the value of developing a strategic alliance with Wilbur-Ellis. In doing so, these companies can focus on their primary business, assured that they will receive the highest possible price for their by-product while Wilbur-Ellis assumes responsibility for credit risk, marketing, transportation, warehousing and distribution. As a result of this aggressive approach to new product development, our already broad menu of commodities continues to grow.