OUR STORY

2006

Agri-Best Feeds Introduces Sweet Pro at the NILE Show

At first his aspirations were fairly limited – perhaps a truckload or two a month. After some foundational work on pricing, delivery systems, and developing policies for a dealership network, Irv introduced the product line at the NILE Show in Billings in 2006.

2007

Agri-Best Feeds Grows Rapidly

The response was better than expected and Irv was able to set up a number of dealerships and market 15 truckloads of product by March 07. At this point it was evident that Irv would need some help with this growing business.

In April, Irv and his family formed a corporation and Scott Anderson joined Irv as the Director of Operations. In September, Irv and Scott started to travel around the 5 state region putting on producer meetings for local dealers. By the end of 2007, more than 50 producer meetings with over 700 producers in attendance had been hosted.

2008

Distribution Expands

Distribution Expands the business continued to grow and it became obvious that we needed someone who would oversee the distribution of the product. Daryl Haidle joined the Agri-Best Feeds team as the Distribution Manager on January 1st, 2008.

2009

Redmond Natural Joins Product Line

Redmond Natural Joins Product Line continuing to grow, Sammy Higgs became our Business Manager on August 1st, 2009. In April 2009, Agri-Best became the regional distribution arm of Redmond Natural Trace Minerals. This product is a perfect complement to the SweetPro line of products and its benefits range from livestock and human health to soil application.

Sammy Higgs joins the Team

Sammy Higgs (Kevin Haidle’s son-in-law) joined the team as Agri-Best Feeds business manager.

2010

2010 Montana Family Business of the Year

Dr. Abe Scheaffer joins the Agri-Best Team as a Nutritional Consultant.

2012

Kevin Haidle becomes President

Kevin Haidle becomes President of Agri-Best Feeds and joins the full time staff. Agri-Best Feeds is honored at the national SweetPro Distributor Conference as #1 nationally in cattle tonnage sold, #4 in national horse tonnage sold, and #1 overall sales as well as being honored in the Million Dollar Club.

Opened Agri-Best Feeds Store in Callaway, NE

2014

Expanded territory to include the exclusive marketing rights for SweetPro in northern North Dakota

2016

New Product Lines Introduced

MasterHand Milling DDGS cubes, pellets, and creep feed and Cattleman’s Choice Mineral

2017

Taylor Haidle joins the Team

Taylor Haidle (Kevin’s son) joins the Agri-Best Feeds team as the new business manager.

New Product Line Arrowquip Livestock Handling Equipment

2018

Rod Korte joins the Team – Outside sales – Equine focused

Dwain Hould joins the Team – Outside sales – Cattle focused

2019

Vince Guthrie joins the Team – Outside Sales Nebraska Cattle focused

Jeremy Jones joins the Team – Outside Sales Nebraska Equine focused

2020

Todd Daniels joins the Team – Outside Sales Wyoming Cattle & Equine focus; nutritionist

Trubi Woods joins the Team – Human Resources

2021

Ty Jones joins the Team - Outside Sales Montana - Cattle focused

Alex Koss joins the Team - Distribution Assistant

Michael McFate joins the Team - Truck Driver

2022

Stacey Erstrom joins the Team - Truck Driver

Joe Best joins the Team - Outside Sales Wyoming - Cattle and Equine

Today

Continuing to Grow through continued research, testing and education and our active dealer network, contribute to herd health, stronger profits for livestock producers and superior performance for livestock and horses in Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, North Dakota, eastern South Dakota and Kansas.