Posts Categorized: Our Members

Donation from NEW Cooperative Foundation Helps Badger Fire Department

July 6, 2012 (FORT DODGE) A donation from the NEW Cooperative Foundation was recently awarded to the Badger Fire Department. With assistance from the O’Lakes Foundation, the gift of $10,000 […]

Hauschel selected as Heartland Coop’s CEO

Press Release West Des Moines, IA – July 9, 2012: The Board of Directors of Heartland Co-op announced today that Tom Hauschel has been selected as the cooperative’s Chief Executive […]

Petersen to retire as CEO of Heartland Coop

West Des Moines, IA – June 12, 2012: Heartland Co-op announced today that Chief Executive Officer, Larry Petersen, has informed the Board of Directors that he will retire effective December […]

Farmers Cooperative Company CEO Roger Koppen to Retire

From http://www.fccoop.com Ames, IA, April 24, 2012: Farmers Cooperative Company (FC) announced today that Chief Executive Officer, Roger Koppen, has informed the Board of Directors of his decision to retire, […]

ISU Fills Faculty Position in Economics of Cooperatives

http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/releases/1012/ AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University faculty member will fill a research and extension position focused on the economics of cooperatives and working with Iowa cooperatives to address […]

Ag sector makes strides protecting water quality

By Tim Hoskins, Iowa Farmer Today Farmers and commercial applicators should get credit for the improvements they have made in terms of water quality and herbicides and pesticides. That is […]

Iowa Soybean Association Trade Mission to China & Thailand

by Jim Rodenburg www.iasoybeans.com Rolly Svoboda (left) and Brent Bunte What an exciting, enjoyable trip with a great group of Iowans dedicated to promoting the state’s soybean industry! I want […]

ISU’s Ag Entrepreneurship Initiative Launches Program to Connect Businesses & Top Students

AMES, Iowa – The Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative at Iowa State University has created a program offering businesses access to exclusive workshops, strategic leadership roundtables and interaction with top College of […]

Year of the Farmer Co-op

The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives celebrates 2012 as the Year of the Farmer Co-op.  Watch video

Safety measures reduce blasts at grain elevators

By Michael J. Crumb Associated Press / November 1, 2011 WICHITA, Kan.—No one needs to tell Steven Stallbaumer about the dangers of working in grain elevators. He was unloading fertilizer […]