Adrian Morrell

The Openfield Partnership: More Than Just Grain

Overview Openfield is proud to be Britain's only National grain marketing and arable inputs co-operative. We're owned by 4000 farmers who choose us to market their arable crops for them. We were formed in November 2008 but our history is long, successful and goes back to 1907 and the Southern Counties Agricultural Trading Society. We aim to give unparalleled levels of service, value and choice to both out farmer members and are some of the biggest and most well known food and drink manufacturers who are our customers. Openfield is recognised for being at the heart of our farmers' and customers' businesses, creating value through service excellence. We are British owned and do not have any overseas investors or shareholders. We are a powerful and efficient British farmer-owned business. We are committed to providing the highest levels of service to all our farmers and customers. We provide innovative supply chain solutions which connect farmers directly to the British food and drink industry. We embrace innovation and technology, apply new techniques and approaches to meet our customers' needs. Our Vision We're more than just grain! We want to be an integral part of our farmers' and customers' businesses, building unique relationships that create value through great service and a genuine understanding of their needs. British Grain for British Food and Drink We are a proud supporter of British agriculture and our market approach and ownership structure makes us the preferred partner for some of the biggest and best known food and drink brands in the UK. We are committed to building a long-term relationships that deliver optimal quality products to our first processor clients, and we appreciate that the supply chain goes right though to the consumer. As a result, our involvement can span as much of that chain as our clients wish. In integrated supply chains, we can focus on the practice in the field to ensure that we give our customers the best possible service.