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{{Short description|American retail chain}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Orscheln Farm & Home
| former_names =
| logo = Orscheln Farm Home Logo.png
| type = {{plain list|
* [[privately held company|Privately held]] [[family business]] (1960–2022)
* [[Subsidiary]] (2022–present)
}}
| founders = W.C. Orscheln
| area_served = 11 U.S. states
| key_people = Robert Orscheln ([[CEO]])
| industry = [[Retail]]
| products = Automotive parts and accessories, apparel, farm and ranch supplies, hardware, housewares, hunting equipment, lawn and garden supplies, pet and livestock supplies, tools
| revenue = $949 million (2013)
| num_employees = 3,500 (2021)
| parent = [[Tractor Supply Company]] (2022–present)
| owner = Orscheln Group
| foundation = {{start date and age|1960|p=y}} in [[Sedalia, Missouri]], U.S.
| location = [[Moberly, Missouri]]
| location_country = U.S.
| locations = 175 (2021)
| homepage =  [http://www.orschelnfarmhome.com http://www.orschelnfarmhome.com]
}}
'''Orscheln Farm & Home''' is an American [[retail chain]] of farm and ranch supply stores headquartered in [[Moberly, Missouri]]. Orscheln has 175 stores located in [[Arkansas]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Iowa]], [[Kansas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Missouri]], [[Nebraska]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Ohio]]. As of May 2018, the company opened its 175th location. It is part of the Orscheln Group, a conglomerate of companies operated by the Orscheln family. [[Tractor Supply Company]] acquired Orscheln Farm & Home in 2022, divesting approximately half of the stores to other owners to complete the acquisition.
==History==
W.C. Orscheln opened the first Orscheln Farm & Home store in [[Sedalia, Missouri]], in 1960.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.orschelnfarmhome.com//ctl16754/sitecontent/History/history |title= History |author= |date= |website= Orscheln Farm & Home |publisher= |accessdate=September 5, 2015}}</ref> Jerry Orscheln took over the business in the mid-1960s.<ref name="history2">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Our History -- Orscheln Industries |url=http://www.orscheln.com/about-us-folder/our-history |website=Orscheln.com |publisher= |accessdate=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
The company operates a distribution center in [[Moberly, Missouri]]. In January 2015, it acquired a distribution center in [[Abilene, Kansas]], formerly used by the defunct [[ALCO Stores]] retail chain.<ref name=distribution>{{cite web |url=http://ksn.com/2015/01/05/orscheln-farm-and-home-purchases-alco-distribution-center/ |title=Orscheln Farm and Home purchases ALCO distribution center |author= |date= January 5, 2015|website= KSN.com |publisher= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109074515/https://www.ksn.com/2015/01/05/orscheln-farm-and-home-purchases-alco-distribution-center/ |archive-date=2015-01-09 |accessdate=2019-10-26}}</ref> Company president Stephen Chick said the acquisition of the Abilene distribution center means the company is "poised to double the number of Orscheln Farm and Home retail stores as we continue our growth and expansion."<ref name=distribution />
In February 2021, [[Tractor Supply Company]] announced that it would acquire Orscheln for $297 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tractor-supply-acquires-orscheln-farm-and-home-in-297m-cash-transaction-2021-02-17|last=Garcia|first=Tonya|date=February 17, 2021|title=Tractor Supply acquires Orscheln Farm and Home in $297M cash transaction|work=[[MarketWatch]]|accessdate=February 20, 2021}}</ref> The deal was completed in October 2022; in order to mitigate federal [[anti-trust]] concerns, Tractor Supply sold 73 Orscheln stores and the Orscheln distribution center in [[Moberly, Missouri]], to [[Bomgaars]], and 12 stores were sold to Missouri-based farm store chain Buchheit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agrinews-pubs.com/business/2022/10/31/acquisition-makes-bomgaars-2nd-largest-farm-retailer-in-us/|title=Acquisition makes Bomgaars 2nd largest farm retailer in U.S.|author=|date=October 31, 2022|website=|publisher=AgriNews/[[The Associated Press]]|accessdate=October 31, 2022}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.orschelnfarmhome.com/ Official website]
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[[Category:1960 establishments in Missouri]]
[[Category:Family-owned companies of the United States]]
[[Category:American corporate subsidiaries]]
[[Category:Farm and ranch supply stores of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Missouri]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1960]]
[[Category:Retail companies established in 1960]]
[[Category:Agriculture companies established in 1960]]
[[Category:2022 mergers and acquisitions]]
[[Category:Randolph County, Missouri]]
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