Specialty feed and pet-food ingredients from trusted partners worldwide, warehoused in the U.S. and backed by a family that picks up the phone. Since 1996.
Small enough to be responsive. Experienced enough to deliver.
We import directly from established partners, hold stock in U.S. warehouses, and stay close enough to catch problems before they reach your production line.
Direct, long-standing relationships with trusted producers.
Held in our U.S. warehouses and ready to ship. You order domestically, without the import complexity.
Reliable domestic delivery. Fewer hands, fewer surprises, faster answers.

SALMATE® is our own proprietary spray-dried omega-3 (EPA and DHA) powder: stable, free-flowing, and built for consistent manufacturing performance across species. GMP+ certified and made to our specification in Kentucky, USA.
Specialty ingredients you can actually count on, shipment after shipment.
Ballard Group is a family-owned U.S. importer of specialty feed and pet-food ingredients, and the maker of SALMATE®, a spray-dried omega-3 (EPA and DHA) powder from refined fish oil.
We supply feed mills and pet-food manufacturers, not consumers. We work with the people who formulate and produce animal feed and pet food.
We are a family-owned company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, supplying customers across North America and beyond, with stock held in U.S. warehouses.
Let's talk through your sourcing, compliance, and omega-3 nutrition needs. Reach out and we'll get right back to you.