agricultural cooperative industry agriculture retail founded 1960 1960 headquarters devon south west england key people andrew jackson ceo g.m. cock chairman 1 number of employees 2100 2 website molevalleyfarmers.com mole valley farmers is a retail firm founded in 1960 by a small group of farmers in south molton devon . the aim was to create an agricultural buying group that would be able to offer agricultural items to farmers at lower prices by buying in bulk . 3 the company is operated as a cooperative with members each holding shares in the company . a key part of this is that the company operates on the smallest margin possible to allow continuity and growth . it is not a requirement to be a member of the company to shop there . today mole valley farmers is one of the few agricultural cooperatives in the supply industry and one of the largest in the uk . mole valley farmers owns nine branches in south west england their own feed mills for animal feeds at calne dorchester huntworth and lifton fertiliser blending plants at teignmouth a specialist mineral plant at bridgwater a farm building division at witheridge and a commercial informational website . 4 the range of goods supplied by mole valley farmers has grown since the company s early beginnings and now includes lifestyle products such as clothing footwear garden supplies pet food white goods and power tools . in 2002 mole valley farmers acquired scats countrystores which has 19 stores across the south of england . the company s closest competitors include forfarmers nwf agriculture the wynnstay group and countrywide . confusion sometimes arises over any potential connection with mole valley a district in surrey in south east england . 5 mole valley farmers takes its name from an area in north devon between the towns of north molton and south molton . the river mole runs through this area but is again distinct from the river mole that runs between dorking and leatherhead in surrey . locations edit mole valley farmers has nine branches throughout south west england . these are 3 south molton opened 1960 original location yeovil opened 1977 bridgwater opened 1980 holsworthy opened 1982 current location 1973 original location st columb major opened 1986 newton abbot opened 1987 frome opened 1990 current location 1982 original location cullompton opened 1993 liskeard opened 1995 references edit annual reports and accounts 2015 pdf . mole valley farmers . http www.molevalleyfarmers.com mvf info general about us a b history of mole valley farmers . http www.molevalleyfarmers.com http www.mole valley.gov.uk external links edit mole valley farmers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mole valley farmers & oldid 743066966 categories companies based in devonagricultural cooperatives navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 16 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view