Ruralco

Ruralco was founded in 1970. By 2001 it had 384 rural supply stores under the brands CRT and Town & Country. In September of that year it merged with Grow Force Australia.[3]

In May 2006 it reverse merged with Australia's oldest publicly listed company, Tasmanian agricultural corporation Roberts Limited.[4]

It sold Monds and Affleck feed supplies to the Ridley Corporation in 2011.[5]

In 2008 it was described as having quietly begun to rival the 'big two' of agricultural industry in Australia, Elders Limited and Landmark.[6] By 2014 it owned 10.1% of Elders, unsuccessfully attempting to purchase the rural services section of Elders for 250 million in 2013. Following falling profits from Elders and the knockback of its purchase offer, it sold all 10.1% of the company.[7]

In February 2014 it acquired Total Eden, a water supplies company, from Anchorage Capital Partners for AUD$57.4 million.[8]

Subsidiaries of Ruralco include;

• Combined Rural Traders
• Grow Force Australia[6]
• CQ Agricultural Services[6]
• Total Eden[1]
• Frontier International[1]
• BGa AgriServices[6]
• Archards Irrigation
• Dairy Livestock Services[12]
• Peter Dargan Livestock[12]
• Territory Rural Mcpherson[13]
• BR and C Agents[13]
• Southern Australian Livestock[13]
• Rodwells[13]
• Rawlinson and Brown[13]
• Savage Barker & Backhouse[13]
• Primaries of WA[13]
• Davidson Cameron[13]
• The Farm Shop[6]