O’Toole Inc. has been successfully solving tough agronomy problems for over 40 years by offering our customers a full range of agronomic products and services. No matter your soil type or yield goal we have a variety of products across many manufacturers’ brands and a variety of programs available to help you achieve the highest yield potential for your farming operation.
We are results oriented and we lead the way using science, experience, technology, equipment and employee excellence to provide precise applications. We understand the right products and the right timing help you achieve the best yields year after year.
O’Toole Inc. has established a reputation for, and is devoted to long-term relationships with our growers. We strive to be your trusted adviser no matter what the size of your farming operation.
Facilities and Locations
- O’Toole Inc. – Letts, IA
- O’Toole Lime Co. – Letts, IA
- Muscatine Ag – Muscatine, IA
- Nichols Ag – Nichols, IA
Frytown Grain Facility
Tiffin Grain Facility
Columbus Junction Grain Facility
West Liberty Grain Facility
Wilton Grain Facility - Blue Flame Propane, LLC – Letts, IA
The History of O’Toole Companies
- O’Toole Inc. has been family owned and operated for over 40 years.
- Greg O’Toole established O’Toole Lime in 1981; he started with the purchase of an Ag Lime Spreader and himself as the sole employee.
- In 1986 he began selling fertilizer, then in 1989 he purchased the Weber & Houston Fertilizer Plant in Columbus Junction, O’Toole Inc was founded.
- Then in 1991, Greg purchased 5 acres from the RD Hafner Farms outside of Letts, Iowa and built the current anhydrous facility and the home office of O’Toole Inc.
- In 2002 Greg O’Toole purchased Blue Flame Propane, LLC and started the retail propane division.
- In 2009 Josh O’Toole joined the company when he and Greg purchased Nichols Ag (established in 1972) and Muscatine Ag (established in 1999) expanding their footprint in the Ag retail business. This combination of organizations working together became known to employees and customers as the O’Toole Companies.
- From 2009 – 2016 the only grain facilities within the O’Toole Companies were Nichols Ag and Muscatine Ag’s small grain set-ups.
- In 2017 Nichols Ag added a 500,000 bushel grain bin and 24 hour corn dumping automation to their location. In addition, Greg & Josh O’Toole purchased the Frytown grain facility and leased the Tiffin Grain Facility gaining the ability to service more of our overall customer base on the grain side of the business.
- In 2020 the grain business grew again with the purchase of the Columbus Junction Grain facilities.
- In 2021 the West Liberty and Wilton facilities were added to the company.
- In 2022 – 24 hour soybean dumping automation was added to the Columbus Junction and West Liberty facilities.
- All these changes and growth have allowed O’Toole Companies to more effectively service over 750 customers in 10 counties while employing over 65 local people.
- In 2023 The O’Toole Companies agronomy facilities (which include O’Toole Inc., Nichols Ag and Muscatine Ag) were listed as #83 of the top 100 Agribusinesses in the United States by Crop Life Magazine.
Our Culture
It is our intent to create a company culture based on trust and teamwork. The communications among our Team members will be open and honest based on respect for one another. Our Team members will be focused on our customer’s needs and will offer solutions that provide the best return for the customer. In addition, our Team members will be results oriented in order to accomplish goals on budget and on time.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide outstanding service by recommending solutions that provide the best results for our customers.
Our Impact on the community
Independent, local & family owned. Your money stays in the community, and our employees are from your area. We support the schools your children go to and our taxes benefit our cities and county.
