About Us

The Story of Harwood Grains & Stockfeeds

For over 25 years, Harwood Grains and Stockfeeds has specialised in the production of high-quality stockfeed pellets and products based around manufacturing oats. Founded by Paul and Bill Harwood, Harwood Grains was partly established due to poor grain prices. By dehulling oats, Bill was able to gain a better price for his grain, while increasing digestibility, palatability and quality of protein in oats.

Made for farmers, from farmers - as farmers Paul and Bill know what is takes to care for animals and how to run a profitable farm.

Since then, Harwood Grains has expanded. Now, with over 10 years of experience in stockfeed manufacturing, we can offer a comprehensive range of feeds for cattle, sheep, chickens, pigs, goats, alpacas and horses. All Harwood Grains feeds are made on-site at our Ballarat location and can be purchased from any of our approved resellers. Reseller enquiries are also welcome.

We also operate Skipton Grain Receivals and provide grain storage on site for our customers.

Sustainability

As the world grows and evolves, so do we. Here at Harwood Grains, we not only respect, but embrace the environment and see it as our responsibility to do everything in our power to help minimise the impact on the world around us. To do this, we have taken key measures to ensure a happy and healthy planet for the future.

Powered by the sun

Harwood Grains’ manufacturing facility in Ballarat is powered by a 100kW solar system, helping to reduce our CO2 emissions and connect us with renewable and sustainable energy. 

Liveable lighting

By choosing to utilise recyclable LED lighting systems, our facilities require a lower electricity consumption and therefore have a heavily reduced carbon footprint. 

Long live local!

When it comes to keeping the environment healthy, less is more. As all our ingredients are locally sourced, the energy used to source them is minimised, as lower travel times use less fuel, which means less emissions. We are proud to be a 100% Australian owned business and continue to support local businesses.

Bag recycling

Did you know polypropylene and polyethylene bags can be recycled by companies such as Big Bag Recovery? All of our bags at Harwood Grains can be recycled and converted into reusable resin and other products.

Green data use

By using Google Cloud, we take part in reducing the environmental impact of cloud computing through renewable energy purchasing & commitment. We strive to keep every part of our business as green as possible.

Reducing Ruminant impact

Here at Harwood Grains, we use thoroughly thought-out quality ingredients in our feeds, helping to reduce methane emissions while improving/maintaining animal performance. 

Optimising feed quality

Optimising our feed quality by using high quality raw materials & formulating correct diets, our feeds have been designed to maximise farmer profitability while reducing the farm’s carbon footprint. 

Feedsafe accreditation

All feeds at Harwood Grains are manufactured in a FeedSafe accredited feed mill, which ensures quality assurance & safe feed production.