Morgan County Feed in Martinsville offers a variety of grains and byproducts. Staff photo by Chris Howell
MARTINSVILLE — About 600 pounds of corn gluten falls into a buggy at Morgan County Feed. It’s just after 8 a.m., and the morning sun is illuminating the particles of feed swirling through the air inside the county’s oldest ongoing business.
“We’ve been here for 150 years,” said owner Scott Whaley.
Well, he hasn’t been there that long. Whaley bought the business in 1998, and he soon thought he’d made a mistake. Back then, they were doing a lot of 500- and 600-pound orders. Now, they could do 50 tons in a day.
“The feed business has been very good,” Whaley said.
There’s a couple of reasons for that. The first is a lack of competition.
“None of these places are left,” he said. “Feed mills are few and far between.”
The other is having the foresight to seize an opportunity.
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