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Openfield was formed in November 2008 bringing together the two largest farmer owned businesses: Grainfarmers and Centaur.
| 1907: | Founded as the Southern Counties Agricultural Trading Society |
| 1937: | Grain marketing division formed |
| 1978: | Construction of Hampshire Grain Central Store |
| 1984: | Construction of Wiltshire Grain Central Store |
| 1987: | Construction of Weald Granary Central Store |
| 1999: | Acquired Continental Grain UK and BDR. Formed seed and fertiliser JV with UAP |
| 2000: | Acquired grain division of Countrywide Farmers and established marketing partnerships with West Country Grain and CMG |
| 2001: | Acquired Sherriff Grain |
| 2003: | SCATS renamed as Grainfarmers Group Ltd. Acquired the grain business of Dalgety Arable Ltd and established marketing agreements with Aberdeen Grain and Union Grain |
| 2005: | Established marketing agreement with Camgrain |
| 1970's: | Various small local groups form joint marketing companies Group Cereal Services (GCS) in South East England and Lingrain in East England |
| 1980's: | Federal organisations formed around Lingrain and GCS |
| 1995: | Arable Crop Marketing join GCS |
| 1999: | Velcourt commence marketing contract with GCS |
| 2001: | GCS and Lingrain merge to form Centaur |
| 2002: | Aylsham Grain joins Centaur |
| 2002: | Viking Cereals members join Centaur |
| 2003: | Centaur acquires UK business of J Soufflet |
2008: Grainfarmers and Centaur merge - Openfield is formed
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