Feed & Grain Store

Ridley, a Canadian public company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of formulated animal feeds and animal health products that improve the productivity of livestock herds and poultry. The company manufactures and markets a variety of complete feed rations, nutritional supplements, feeding blocks and vitamin/mineral premixes to livestock producers and dealer organizations from more than 40 production plants in Canada and the United States. Ridley brand names include Feed-Rite, Hubbard, Wayne Feeds, Vigorena, Protein Blenders, Crystalyx, Zip, Farmix, Quality Feeds, Green Valley Feeds and Daco Western Canada. The company s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Ridley also maintains operations in Mankato, Minn.

Hubbard Feeds, headquartered in Mankato, Minn., manufactures and distributes a full range of animal nutrition products and programs for hogs, cattle, horses and companion animals. The company manufactures pre-mixes, starter feeds, supplements, and in some cases complete diets for animals. Its customers include traditional livestock farmers and our commercial customers with more than several thousand animals Hubbard operates plants in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, North Dakota, Kansas, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana and Nebraska. It is a subsidiary of Ridley Incorporated, one of North America s leading commercial animal nutrition companies. Ridley is headquartered in Mankato, Minn., and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ridley acquired Hubbard Feeds in May of 1997.