Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings LLC announced on Oct. 5 that it has acquired the Missouri-based agronomy business of MRM Agricultural Service LLC and its affiliates. The location in East Prairie, Mo., will operate under Pinnacle’s Sanders® brand as a full-service agricultural retailer providing fertilizer, seed, and crop protection chemicals, as well as custom application, precision agriculture, and scouting services.
"We are excited to expand further into the Missouri Bootheel through a great team of people at our new East Prairie location," said Andrew Duff, regional business director for Sanders. "Sanders’ core focus is making sure our customers are successful. The MRM business was built on similar principles and has a long tradition of providing farmers the highest level of service and the best inputs for their farm. Sanders will build upon this tradition and make the transition as seamless as possible."
MRM was founded in 1964 by Rex Mainord, and currently serves more than 600 customers in four states. The family operation is now led by Milas R. Mainord, and offers custom blending and application of liquid and dry fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia, agricultural lime, variable rate application, grid soil sampling, and a broad selection of seed varieties and crop protection chemicals. The existing management team, including Mainord, will continue to lead the operation, with Kevin Mainord serving as location manager and Fielden Laplant as operations manager.
"We are truly excited to be a part of Sanders," said Milas Mainord. "Our customers, employees, and suppliers are very important to us, so we naturally wanted to ensure that they continue to experience the same level of service and integrity upon which MRM was built. Sanders is a perfect fit, and this partnership will enhance the selection and availability of products and innovative solutions that we bring to our customers for successful crop production.
MRM marks Pinnacle’s twelfth acquisition in 2015. The company operates through its Sanders, Performance Agriculture™, Providence Agriculture™, AgOne Application Services™, OptiGro®, Innvictis™, Meridian™, and Altitude™ brands, serving growers across 28 states. Sanders now operates 117 agricultural retail locations across nine states.