Glasson to double Scottish blending capacity

Glasson Fertilisers is relocating its Scottish blending operation from Cobden Street to a new plant on Barrack Road in Montrose, on Scotland’s north-east coast. The purpose-built site will double the subsidiary’s blending capacity in Scotland and is scheduled to come on stream in the first half of 2027, ahead of the 2027 spring season.

The Montrose investment mirrors the model Glasson used at Avonmouth, where a 65,000-tonne facility at the deep-sea Port of Avonmouth was opened in July 2025 to serve South West England, southern England and South Wales.

“This investment reflects our ongoing commitment to British agriculture and to providing our customers with the highest-quality fertiliser products and services,” said Alk Brand, chief executive of Wynnstay Group plc. “Montrose is a natural next step following the success of Avonmouth and will significantly enhance our capacity to serve farmers across Scotland.”

Glasson Fertilisers is a subsidiary of Wynnstay Group plc, a Welsh agricultural supplies group founded in 1918 and headquartered in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, mid-Wales. In the year to 31 October 2025 Wynnstay reported group revenue of £583.4 million ($724 million), down 4.8% on the prior year on lower manufactured feed volumes and weaker grain prices, but adjusted profit before tax rose 21.1% to £9.2 million ($11.4 million). The group employs 811 colleagues, operates 11 manufacturing sites and runs a network of 51 farm stores across Wales, the Midlands, north-west England and the south-west.

Wynnstay reorganised its reporting from FY25 into three segments: Feed and Grain, Arable and Stores. Glasson Fertilisers sits within Arable, which also covers seed processing and distribution. The Arable segment delivered revenue of £125.6 million ($156 million) and adjusted profit before tax of £2.3 million ($2.9 million), up 64.3% on the prior year. Glasson is the UK’s second-largest fertilizer blender.

Founded in 1977 as a feed commodities importer at Glasson Dock, near Lancaster in north-west England, Glasson operates fertilizer blending plants at Winmarleigh, Goole, Montrose and Avonmouth. Raw materials are shipped in through the deep-sea port at Avonmouth and Glasson Dock. Wynnstay has not disclosed the origin of its raw material supply.

The new Montrose facility will use blending and material-handling technology supplied by Canadian-listed Ag Growth International (AGI) and fuel and lubricants distributor Rix, a family-owned business with around a century in the UK market. Both partners also worked on the Avonmouth build.

“The Avonmouth plant has transformed our ability to serve customers in the South West,” said Robert Ingham, director of Glasson Fertilisers, at the July 2025 opening. “It provides a further 20% blending capacity to Wynnstay Arable and enables us to import raw materials efficiently through a deep-sea port.”

The Scottish investment forms part of Wynnstay’s Strategy Genesis, a five-year board-approved growth plan announced in 2025 and built on the Project Genesis restructuring completed in FY25.