Our Beginnings

Roll back the curtain of time to the spring of 1919 when two brothers, David and Ernest Horn, had a vision. They founded a company in agriculturally-prosperous York County, Pennsylvania with $500 in cash and a $2,000 loan. Included in the transaction was a horse-drawn wagon. Within two years they were able to buy a Model T pickup to make sales calls and deliveries to area farmers.

Development & Expansion

The Horn brothers believed in treating their customer as they'd like to be treated -- always providing personalized service and quality products. By 1927 the Horns were ready to start manufacturing their own commercial poultry and livestock feed, and in 1935 they built their first complete feed manufacturing plant in York, PA.

Over the years, the company flourished and grew from a small grist-type feed mill into a diversified, multi-state business. In 1985 the company acquired Ritter Food Service, a food distribution company, in the 1990s, several more strategic acquisitions were integrated into both the feed and food segments of the business.

Pennfield Today

Today, Pennfield is a modern, innovative company headquartered in Lancaster, PA, and has the resources and commitment needed for continuing growth in the agricultural and food industries. This initiative will continue to be directed toward providing Pennfield customers with the finest products and service anywhere.

Pennfield divisions include:

Pennfield Feeds

  • Provides animal nutrition products and services that deliver the best value to its customers.
  • Four feed manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania produce dairy, equine, poultry and specialty feeds.
  • Diverse sales force provides animal feed technology and nutritional services to farm customers and dealers.
  • Dairy Tech Labs, Lancaster, PA, provides forage testing, feed and feed-ingredient quality control, as well as nutrient-management assistance in the form of manure analyses.
Ritter Food Service
  • Purveyor of more than 3,000 food and food-related items to grocery retailers (meat/deli/hot foods departments), restaurants, and food service organizations in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Maryland.
  • Fresh-cut, portion-control beef, pork, lamb, veal and poultry.
  • Fresh and frozen seafood products.

People Who Care

The Pennfield story is more than the mechanics of production, delivery and service. The quality of any product and the level of customer service depend on the people who make it and perform it. Pennfield is made up of people who care.

A lot has changed since 1919, but one thing hasn't changed and never will- Pennfield's commitment to its customers, associates and communities.

Commitment to Customers -- Pennfield product and service are unsurpassed in the industry.

Commitment to Associates -- safe, secure and challenging employment opportunities.

Commitment to Community -- we are a provider, not only of jobs, but of business leadership and civic support as well.

Maintaining The Quality of Leadership

Ernest O. (Mike) Horn, III, Pennfield's current president and chief executive officer, continues the company's tradition of dedicated service to its customers, associates and the communities in which we live and work.

Pennfield Corporation - 711 Rohrerstown Rd. P.O. Box 4366 Lancaster PA, 17604 Toll Free: 800-732-0467