Ridley’s Pakenham mill pivotal in local Australia

Ridley AgriProducts is the largest feed milling company in Australia. The company’s Pakenham Plant, 60km south east of Melbourne, is the regional hub for Gippsland and the Mornington Peninsula. Feed Tech spoke with Ian Pickthall, Regional manufacturing manager. The now defunct Robert Hutchison Ltd built the Pakenham mill in 1972 to manufacture and distribute the company’s Hutmill line of feeds. It was the first mill of its type in Australia and was based on a US design and embraced all