Eduard Wahl Landhandel GmbH & Co. KG

About Wahl Landhandel

Eduard Wahl Landhandel GmbH & Co. KG is a family business founded in 1924, based in Schmalnau/Ebersburg in the Rhön region. The company supplies agriculture with animal feed, fertilizers and crop protection products as well as pet supplies, agricultural requirements, household and garden supplies and fuels. At its headquarters in Schmalnau and at the second site in Tann (Rhön), the company operates farm stores with consulting services. Since 1958, the company has offered grain collection for loose grain including drying and cleaning; in 1998 a new grain collection facility with a silo system was built at the Schmalnau site. Animal feed is stored and transported both loose and packaged. The company is certified according to the VLOG standard "Ohne Gentechnik" (without genetic engineering), as an organic operation in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 and according to QS.

Site

Schmalnau / Ebersburg

Processes

Grain collection incl. drying and cleaning, Crop protection recommendations, Grain price information, Storage and transport of animal feed (loose and packaged), Consulting for animal feed, fertilizers and crop protection, Delivery/fuels

Certificates

VLOG "Ohne Gentechnik", Organic certificate (Regulation (EU) 2018/848), QS, VLOG "Ohne Gentechnik" (ABCERT), Organic certificate Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (ABCG), QS (ABCERT)

Founded

1924

Industries

Agriculture

1. 01

   Grain collection incl. drying and cleaning

2. 02

   Storage (loose and packaged)

3. 03

   Transport and logistics

4. 04

   Consulting and sales

Locations

Schmalnau / Ebersburg

DE

Headquarters, farm store, grain collection with silo system, storage for loose fertilizer

• Grain collection with silo system

Tann (Rhön)

DE

Farm store, grain collection, office and warehouse buildings

Product Range

Inside the production

Quality and Certificates

The animal feed logistics are certified according to the VLOG standard "Ohne Gentechnik" (without genetic engineering); in addition, there is a QS certification and an organic certification in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 by ABCG (DE-ÖKO-064).

History

1. 1924

   Founding of the family business by Eduard Wahl; first supplier was BayWa Bischofsheim

2. 1925

   First business balance sheet, profit of 368.75 RM

3. 1939

   Commissioned by the Ministry of Food with the recording of food and animal feed

4. 1945

   Destruction of the commercial buildings upon the arrival of the Americans; reconstruction from September 1

5. 1949

   Helmut Wahl joins the business

6. 1951

   Purchase of the first truck (3.5 t Magirus); contract haulage and building materials trade

7. 1958

   Concentration on feed and fertilizer trading; first grain collection with drying and cleaning

8. 1963

   Acquisition of a truck for long-distance factory transport

9. 1976

   Purchase of a combination trailer unit for loose animal feed

10. 1982

    Handover of the business to Helmut Wahl

11. 1984

    Lothar Wahl joins the business

12. 1985

    Construction of a storage facility for loose fertilizer

13. 1990

    Takeover of the company Orf in Tann

14. 1991

    Edwin Tanz hired as store manager

15. 1992

    New construction of the office and warehouse buildings at the railway station in Tann; expansion towards Thuringia

16. 1996

    Renamed "Eduard Wahl Landhandel KG"; Lothar Wahl becomes general partner

17. 1998

    New construction of the grain collection with silo system

18. 1999

    Conversion of the residential building into a residential and commercial building

19. 2001

    Opening of the farm store (LandMarkt) in Schmalnau