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History
In business since 1944 and incorporated 4 years later, Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc. has grown to become one of the most comprehensive Agricultural Feed and Service companies on the East Coast. Wenger's customers provide eggs, poultry, and pork food products to the Mid-Atlantic region, an area that comprises more than 25% of the U.S. population. The business that has grown to include six mills across two states started in a modest, hometown grocery store.

After experiencing great success selling Purina® feeds in his Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania self-service grocery store, founder Mel Wenger was approached by a Purina® salesman about purchasing the J.W. Wolgemuth Mill in neighboring Rheems. Mel Wenger purchased the mill in 1944 and, throughout the 50's and 60's, developed a custom feed formula to meet the needs of the growing egg layer business in Lancaster County. The resultant M.M. Wenger feeds were extremely popular and filled a market segment that had previously been ignored. His success prompted Mel Wenger to drop the checkerboard and create an independent line of custom feed products. By the early 1960's, Wenger Feeds had expanded into poultry and swine production, eggs, and pullet growing.

Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc. serves Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland by providing:
  • Quality Feed Manufacturing and Delivery
  • Custom Feed Formulation
  • Flock Production Record System
  • Egg Marketing
  • Pullet Growing
  • Flock Service and Management
  • Poultry Management Training
  • Environmental Compliance Assistance
  • Lab and Sampling Services
  • Ingredient Purchasing and Sales

Wenger's management system is ISO-certified in Quality (ISO 9001:2000), Environmental Management (ISO 14001:1996), and Health and Safety (OHSAS 18001:1999). Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc.: Quality Feed for Quality Food.


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Mission Statement
Our Mission is to better serve agriculture with insight to the changing needs of our customers, those with whom we work, those who serve us, and the Community in which we live.


Vision Statement
Our Vision: To continue to grow as a company.

Stewardship Initiative: We will continue to manage our lives and assets with the proper regard to the rights and needs of others.

Learning Initiative: We will continue to promote and expand our learning opportunities as individuals and as an organization.

Quality Initiative: We will continue to embrace quality in all that we do.

Relationship Initiative: We will continue to maintain professional relationships with our employees, customers, vendors, and the community.

Financial Initiative: We will continue to be a company that is financially sound.

Innovation Initiative: We will continue to thrive on interaction, information, and the power of teams.

We acknowledge the solid foundation on which these initiatives are built.
This is our commitment to present and future generations.


Policy Statement
In 2004, Wenger's became ISO certified in Quality ISO 9001:2000, Environmental Management ISO 14001, and Occupational Health and Safety OHSAS 18001. To view Wenger's policy statement in PDF format, click here. (84KB)



Wenger's Rheems Mill
in 1898


An advertisement for Wenger's in 1948


Founder Mel Wenger in the Rheems Mill in the 1940s


The Rheems Mill in the 1940s


Founder Mel Wenger in his storefront in the 1960s

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