Nutrien Ltd., Loveland, Colo., announced on Feb. 28 that it has completed the acquisition of Van Horn Inc., a leading U.S. retailer and agricultural services provider in central Illinois that has been in business for more than 80 years.
Headquartered in Cerro Gordo, Ill., Van Horn operates 11 retail facilities serving more than 5,000 customers in 19 Illinois counties. In addition to the original Cerro Gordo location, Van Horn’s other Illinois facilities are located at Bethany, Delavan, Dewitt, Findlay, Goodwine, Havana, Macon, Minier, Sullivan, and Warrensburg. According to Nutrien, Van Horn was ranked by CropLife as the 42nd largest U.S. agricultural retailer in 2018.
“Van Horn has built a strong ag retail business, with a track record of providing high-value products and service for growers in Illinois,” said Mike Frank, Nutrien’s Executive Vice President and CEO of Retail. “This acquisition is an attractive addition to Nutrien Ag Solutions’ retail network, and we look forward to building on Van Horn’s relationships with their customers. We are seeing an acceleration of consolidation within the ag retail industry, and this acquisition aligns with our strategy to grow our Retail business through highly accretive acquisitions.”
Van Horn’s list of products and services include seed, fertilizer, crop protection, precision technologies, and turf and small seed. The fertilizer products listed on the company’s website include anhydrous ammonia, UAN, ammonium sulfate, DAP, potash, and lawn and garden fertilizers.
“We are very excited to join Nutrien Ag Solutions and look forward to fully utilizing the expanded platform of products, services, and technologies that this transaction will enable us to provide in supporting our farmer customers,” said Dan Mogged, president and CEO of Van Horn. “We also see this as a great opportunity for our employees to benefit from the expanded scale and growth opportunities that will come along with joining an industry leader in ag retail.”