Posts Categorized: Our Members

Board Presidents Presentations Posted

The presentations from the morning meeting of the Board President’s Conference held on Tuesday, February 17th in Ankeny have been posted. You will also find presentations from the afternoon meeting […]

2015 Winter Workshop Presentations Posted

Thank you to our members who attended the 2015 Winter Workshop held in Storm Lake and Coralville last week. We have posted the presentations from the workshop for your viewing. […]

Cooperative grain margins

Dr. Chad Hart,ISU Associate Economics Professor, and  Dr. Keri Jacobs,IIC Endowed Economic Professor, have published the following article “Cooperative grain margins and implications of crop price movements and market inverses”. […]

Strategies offered by Iowa AgState to help farmers capture value from ‘Big Data’

Strategies offered by Iowa AgState to help farmers capture value from ‘Big Data’ Comprehensive report complements regional, national efforts serving farmers (Ankeny, IA – Dec. 16, 2014) Leading Iowa farm […]

2014 Annual Meeting Presentations

Thank you to our members and our sponsors  for making our 64th annual meeting a success. We have posted the presentations from the afternoon breakout sessions on the annual meeting […]

Iowa Leads USDA’s List of Top 100 Ag Co-ops

From http://www.usda.gov/ DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16, 2014 – Iowa is home to more top 100 agricultural cooperatives than any other state, according to recently released USDA data. The number […]

Pilot program tackles Iowa farm nutrient reduction

Says private sector must get involved to advance conservation October 2, 2014 From http://www.farm-news.com/ CARROLL (AP) – Farmers in Iowa and the Midwest will soon be able to get advice […]

Nation’s Ag Co-ops Set Record for Annual Sales and Income

Co-ops Set Third Consecutive Sales Record; Jobs Increased by 5 percent Last Year Source: http://www.usda.gov/ WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the nation’s farmer, […]

Getting Ready for a Big Harvest

This harvest will no doubt yield a bumper crop.  Concerned about storage capacity? The following is refresher on temporary & emergency storage solutions from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and […]

Farmers, ag businesses brace for rail delays

Christopher Doering, cdoering@gannett.com www.desmoinesregister.com/ WASHINGTON – At West Central, a farmer-owned Iowa cooperative that depends heavily on trains to move crops, seed and fertilizer, officials had no reason to believe the […]