Founded in 1955 by an agricultural researcher, a fertilizer marketer and a business manager, Growers Mineral, Corp. produces and sells its non-toxic Growers Mineral Solution liquid fertilizer from Milan, Ohio. The family-owned company still operates from a former 1905 brewery and now serves farmers across 27 U.S. states, Ontario and Quebec. Its program pairs the fertilizer with practical soil-health guidance, on-farm research and educational meetings, carrying the founders’ agricultural approach into a third generation of day-to-day leadership.
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Espoma OrganicFounded in 1929 by H.G. Sanders, Espoma Organic makes natural and organic fertilizers and soil products for home gardeners. Still family-owned through five generations, the South Jersey company operates manufacturing facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including a solar-powered Millville plant and a 60,000-square-foot facility in Hegins. Its long-running Tone fertilizer line, including the original Holly-tone introduced in 1946, has helped make organic gardening a family tradition for more than nine decades.HEGINS, PA
Morral Companies LLCMorral Companies LLC is an Ohio family business founded in 1963 that formulates, manufactures, and packages fertilizers and other agricultural products. It began by serving local farms and has developed specialties in liquid and dry fertilizers, including its proprietary NBN controlled-release fertilizers; its facilities also provide custom manufacturing for fertilizer and marketing companies.CALEDONIA, OH
Melvin Weaver & SonsFounded in 1975 from a Lancaster farmer’s need for dependable crop inputs, family-owned Melvin Weaver & Sons supplies crop protection and nutrition products while helping growers and independent retailers make sound agronomic decisions. The company has grown from Melvin Weaver’s first trailer warehouse into a Lancaster County distribution operation with 100,000 square feet of warehouse space and 250,000 gallons of bulk chemical storage. Now operated by the Weaver family’s second generation, it serves customers throughout the northeastern United States and develops the PowerAG line of micronutrients and adjuvants.LANCASTER, PA
Nachurs Alpine SolutionsFounded in 1946 as a pioneer of precision liquid fertilizer, Nachurs Alpine Solutions manufactures specialty liquid chemicals for agriculture and industrial markets across North America. The Marion, Ohio-rooted company grew from the merger of The Na-Churs Plant Food Company and Alpine Plant Foods Corporation in 1998 and now operates seven production plants, supported by more than 85 terminals and 200-plus employees. Its agricultural brands serve growers with precision-placed crop nutrition, while its NASi line supplies specialty chemistries to industries including oil and gas, transportation, and mining.MARION, OH