1992 Agfarm is established by Bob McKay in his hometown of Warren (NSW). Like many in the Agfarm team, Bob grew up in, and is still actively involved in farming.
1992 Agfarm begins operations as a grain acquisition agent for AWB. By 2004, we are AWB’s leading grain agent.
1996 Agfarm begins purchasing cotton in the Macquarie and Lachlan Valleys (NSW) for Colly Cotton. We are an agent for Colly Cotton until 2003.
2003 Agfarm becomes an agent for Macquarie Cotton and begins pursuing opportunities in the cotton industry.
2004 Agfarm begins representing Glencore Grain (also known as Brooks Grain) as their exclusive agent for the region extending from Southern Queensland to Southern NSW.
2004 We begin formally representing Manildra Flour Mills, Australia's largest, privately owned flour miller.
2007 Agfarm begins operating as an independent provider of grower services on behalf of multiple buyers. Agfarm opens an office in Perth to service growers in Western Australia.
2008 Now a fully independent broker for grain, Agfarm begins marketing grain to all reputable buyers in the market acting on behalf of our grower clients'.
Agfarm enters into a strategic alliance with the Victorian Farmers Federation, opening an office in Horsham to service growers throughout Victoria.
2009 Agfarm is truly a national grain broker, with local teams in Nambour, Dubbo, Young, Wagga Wagga, Bendigo and Perth. In July a Sydney Head Office is established to centralise operations and provide back up to our national network of grain marketers.
In October it is announced that Agfarm has sold 51% of its business to Ruralco Holdings Ltd which operates a number of companies in the rural sector. Ruralco and Agfarm share similar ideals and are both passionate about servicing rural Australia. Importantly for our customers, the management, customer service and strategies of Agfarm do not change. Ruralco will be supporting Agfarm to grow and develop our product offering. Ruralco do not trade grain in any way so we continue to operate as a fully independent grain marketing company.
2010 Agfarm continues to expand, increasing market share and adding staff to all offices, allowing us to maintain and improve on existing client relationships.