OklahomaHorses Magazine July 2021

Stillwater Milling Company Proudly serving customers for 130 years S tillwater Milling Company was founded in 1891 to make wheat flour and cornmeal for home baking. In 1918, Andy Goodholm purchased the company and added a line of home flour products called “Good Home Flour.” The mill was successful and expanded to produce livestock feeds. Stillwater Milling Company’s feed is branded as A&M Feeds, named after Andy and his wife, Mandy, Goodholm. In 1975, Stillwater Milling’s first Agri-Center opened in Stillwater, followed by locations in Davis, Claremore and Perry. Today, over 100 years later, you won’t find baking flour, but you will find a little bit of everything else—clothing for fun and work, pet supplies, medical supplies, farm and garden items, toys, along with a wide range of feed and minerals. Each location offers much of the same merchandise yet has distinguishing features, says Theo Behne, Stillwater Milling adver- tising manager. “For example, our Perry store probably does the most in fertilizer while Davis is the only location to carry Brighton (jewelry and accessories) products. Claremore has a wide variety of toys. Stillwater built a new storefront in the last few years that has allowed us to expand our capacity for prod- ucts, so they’ve really been able to bring in more variety of items for our customers,” she says. Stillwater Milling has always strived to meet the needs of Oklahoma farmers and ranchers. One common quality at every location is horse feed specially designed with Oklahoma forages, and their produc- ers, in mind. “Our stores carry A&M horse feeds in pellets and textured rations as well as specialty horse feeds, such as high-fiber and high-fat extruded nuggets,” Behne says. “Stillwater Milling Company has a long history of dedication to producing quality products at a reasonable price. We have always strived to help animals reach their maximum potential as efficiently as BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 26 OklahomaHorses • July/August 2021