BUSINESS PROGRESS : Stillwater Milling
Stillwater Milling
ENDURES BY TREATING CUSTOMERS LIKE Family
For more than 100 years , the Stillwater Milling Company has been a staple for the community . Being one of the area ’ s oldest businesses gives it a rich history .
The business was founded in 1891 , grined wheat and flour as the Thomas and Plummer Perfection Mills . The Babcock family then incorporated the company in 1906 . The family produced flour under the name “ Stillwater ’ s Best Flour .”
The company was purchased again a few years later by Andy Goodholm , and he added a line of flour called Good Home Flour .
The Stillwater Milling Company continued developing flour until the 1950s . Shortly before flour businesses started declining , Stillwater Milling began manufacturing feed for poultry and livestock with its brand A & M . It was named after Goodholm and his wife .
The flour mill closed in 1958 , and the company began focusing more on animal products .
The Perry branch was opened in 1938 to receive grains and sell fertilizer . By 1970 a branch in Davis was opened , followed by an addition in Claremore in the mid-1970s .
The Agri-Center was established in August of 1975 in Stillwater and later added to the other three locations .
Over time , the company has grown and adapted in various ways . They went from selling only flour or manufacturing feed to what they have now .
Pam Moore took over as CEO in 2019 , but she started working as a nutritionist at Stillwater Milling in 1990 . She has seen the company grow and advance over the last 30 years .
UPGRADED TECHNOLOGY
Moore said the same way technological advances make life easier in everyday settings , farming has grown exponentially due to technology .
The vehicles used for farming now have GPS that can help the operator drive a straight line when they plant a field , testing on fields and advances on what feed to give animals have all changed .
“ The testing that they can do now on fields as far as what nutrients they need to put down , and then cattle too or livestock in general of what they actually need and how to monitor what they need , that ’ s changed a lot over the years ,” she said .
Just like technology has helped farming in general , it has also helped the Stillwater Mill .
“ We just do things to be more efficient . A couple of years ago , we added a robotic stacker , so it stacks all the bags for you . So you don ’ t have a person
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