Countrywide Farmers was a British agricultural retailer that went out of business in 2018. The company developed from the amalgamation of a number of agricultural co-operatives such as West Midland Farmers' Association and Midland Shires Farmers. It was demutualised in 1999 when it became Countrywide Farmers plc. The chairman until 2004 was

John Barnard Bush John Barnard Bush (born 5 February 1937) is an English farmer and landowner. He was a Justice of the Peace, a High Sheriff of Wiltshire, and finally Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2004 to 2012. As non-executive chairman of West Midland Far ...

. The new company was based in

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesha ...

, Worcestershire and operated retail stores under the Countrywide brand, which sold equipment and supplies for small-scale agriculture and outdoor pursuits. After 14 unprofitable outlets had been sold in 2017, there were 48 stores when the company entered administration in 2018. Many of the stores were closed while others were acquired by competitors, eight of them by Wynnstay.

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