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North Iowa Co-op’s new seed facility positioned for future

From http://globegazette.com By KRISTIN BUEHNER PORTLAND — A state-of-the-art seed storage facility at Portland, now under construction, will be the first of its kind in the area, a spokesman for North […]

Who’s Minding the Store?

From www.feedandgrain.com by Mark D. Aljets For decades the grain handling industry has struggled with the catastrophic effects of dust explosions at facilities throughout the United States. However, the industry […]

New president fields questions about Farmers Cooperative’s future

Written by Dan Piller from the Des Moines Register BONDURANT, IA. — As Jim Chism approaches a pile of newly harvested corn at the Farmers Cooperative site adjoining U.S. Highway […]

Co-ops seen as business centers of rural communities

By Matthew Wilde, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Oct. 27–WASHBURN, Iowa — Grain cooperatives are money-making machines in recent years, thanks to record demand and high prices for […]

Fall Newsletter Posted

Included in the latest issue of the Coop-a-Gram: 2012 Iowa Institute for Cooperatives Annual Meeting agenda and registration information An interview with two Iowa coop board chairpersons who happen to […]

Ag co-ops have record year

Ag co-ops have record year October 2, 2012 By Dave Russell http://brownfieldagnews.com USDA under secretary for Rural Development, Dallas Tonsager announced today that America’s ag co-ops experienced a record year […]

Jim Chism named CEO of Farmers Cooperative Company

September 27, 2012 Farmers Cooperative Company (FC), the largest farmer-owned local agriculture cooperative in Iowa, today announced that Jim Chism, General Manager of Frenchman Valley Farmers Cooperative Inc. in Imperial, […]

Linn Co-op to get boost with E15 sales

From http://thegazette.com The Linn Co-op Oil Co. in Marion will get a big helping of promotional support next week as it becomes one of the first Iowa fuel retailers to […]

‘Everybody goes home’

CEA provides workers with grain rescue gear From Farm News August 31, 2012 BY KAREN SCHWALLER kschwaller@evertek.net LAKE PARK – Job statistics show that farming is one of the most […]

Late Summer Newsletter Posted

Take a look at our most recently published newsletter. Items included: District meeting schedule Washington update regarding the Farm Bill and OSHA inspections Cooperative Hall of Fame application process Click […]