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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives celebrates 2012 as the Year of the Farmer Co-op. Watch video
From CCUR Bulletin Higher prices for corn and soybean meal and conversion of pastureland to row crops have cattle feeders exploring new feed options. A student internship program initiated by […]
Federal court in Kansas orders Vanderploeg and his companies to pay more than $382,000 in civil monetary penalties and equitable relief Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]
By Lee Egerstrom, Minnesota 2020 November 30, 2011 Far from America’s money center, community-based, farmer-owned and consumer-owned cooperative businesses in Minnesota are helping create jobs and wealth, and investing in […]
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 […]