Owner: Kirk Powell
Location: Green Forrest, Ark.
History: Gene Powell started the business in 1942 and it was located on the town square. Gene sold the business to his brother Daniel Kirk (D.K.) & John Powell in 1974. D.K. bought out John in 1975. The mill was then moved next to the North Arkansas Livestock Auction barn in 1986.
The business is now owned by D. K.’s son, Kirk Powell. Kirk says feed was a seasonal operation. “We were always making turkey feed for the range turkeys, but they were all gone by Thanksgiving. We’d start making cattle feed through the wintertime and start up turkey feed again around February. It was strictly a mash bulk feed operation back then. We started making pelleted turkey feed in 1986 after we moved the mill.”
In addition to this business, the Powell’s are stakeholders with the North Arkansas Livestock Auction in Green Forrest. The Powell family have been involved in production agriculture for more than three generations and being farmers themselves, they know what their customers want and need. They have four feed mills and sixteen retail locations in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.
Products: Powell Feed and Milling pride themselves in offering quality products to their customers. Custom milling of their feed ensures the best nutritional value to their clients. In addition to feed, they carry a large selection of animal health products for beef, poultry, equine, equipment for every farm need, hardware, and lawn & garden supplies. They also stock an assortment of pet and wildlife products. Powell feed operates under the mission statement: To provide high quality, innovative livestock, pet, and farm supplies to their local customers at a competitive price while conducting business with integrity and respect.
