Pyne Gould Guinness
| Public company | |
| Traded as | NZX: PGW |
| Industry | Pastoral |
| Founded | November 2005 |
| Headquarters | Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Key people
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Mark Dewdney (CEO) |
| Products | |
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Number of employees
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2,100 |
| Website | pggwrightson |
PGG Wrightson is an agricultural supply business based in New Zealand. It was created in 2005 through the merger of Pyne Gould Guinness Ltd and Wrightson Limited and has its roots in a number of dating back to 1861. It is one of the major suppliers to the agricultural sector in New Zealand providing products such as seeds, grains, livestock, irrigation, farm equipment, insurance and financing. Although publicly listed in New Zealand on the NZX, PGG Wrightson has been majority owned by Chinese-based Agria Corporation (GRO, NYSE) since 2011.
The result of mergers within the industry in New Zealand, PGG Wrightson can trace its obvious ancestry back to 1861, with the establishment of Wright Stephenson & Co.
Notable stock and station agencies that have merged to form PGG Wrightson include
PGG Wrightson 2005
In 2011 PGG Wrightson sold its finance division to Heartland Building Society to create a single larger rural financing organisation.
The PGG Wrightson Country Cup is the Premier Competition over the region known as the Canterbury Country. The region includes clubs from the Ellesmere and North Canterbury Sub-Unions and the Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union.
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