Directory of Farmer Cooperatives, 2003

400 Pages·2015·2.4 MB·English

by  Eldon Eversull

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.
Directory of Rural—Farmer, Rancher, and Fishery Cooperatives

Introduction

This directory contains a listing, by State, of almost 1,500 farmer-owned marketing, supply,
service, fishery, and bargaining cooperatives. The information was collected from every farmer,
rancher, and fishery cooperative that USDA Rural Development’s Cooperative Programs
surveyed and that gave permission to be listed in this directory. The information includes the
cooperative’s contact information, type of cooperative, and products that they sell. This directory
is updated on a regular basis on our Web page http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-
programs/cooperative-programs.

Cooperatives are classified according to type. Most are marketing, supply, service, bargaining,
or a combination. Marketing cooperatives assemble and market commodities produced mostly
by their farmer-members and may or may not engage in processing. Supply cooperatives
purchase and/or manufacture farm production supplies for distribution, mostly to farmer or
rancher-members. Service cooperatives perform a range of farm production and management-
related services, such as grove care, agronomic services, financial and management consulting,
artificial insemination and herd management, transportation, and storage. Bargaining
cooperatives negotiate price, quality, and delivery terms with buyers on behalf of their members,
but typically do not take title to commodities.

We extend our appreciation to the cooperatives that provided the information for this updated
report.

Cooperatives and readers are encouraged to advise us of need changes to this directory. Updates
will be incorporated and put online at this address:
http://www.rd.usda.gov/files/DirectoryOfFarmerCooperatives.pdf

If you have any questions, would like to be listed, or need to change your listing information,
please contact:

Jim Wadsworth
E:mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Phone: [phone]

Charita Coleman
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]

Or you may FAX information to: 202/690-2750

Keywords: Cooperatives, marketing, farm supply, service, bargaining, directory.

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Contents
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ALABAMA .............................................................................................................................. 37
Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc. ................................................................................. 37
Andalusia Farmers Cooperative ........................................................................................ 37
Blount County Farmers Exchange Inc. ............................................................................ 37
Central Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc. ................................................................... 37
Clay County Exchange Inc. ................................................................................................ 38
Cotton Growers Cooperative Inc. ..................................................................................... 38
Elberta Farmers Cooperative ............................................................................................ 38
Escambia County Cooperative Inc. ................................................................................... 38
Farmers Cooperative Market, Inc..................................................................................... 38
Greensboro Farmers Cooperative ..................................................................................... 39
Jefferson County Truck Growers Association ................................................................. 39
Lauderdale County Cooperative Inc. ................................................................................ 39
Limestone Farmers Co-operative Inc. .............................................................................. 39
Madison County Cooperative Inc...................................................................................... 40
Marion County Cooperative .............................................................................................. 40
Opps Cooperative Inc. ........................................................................................................ 40
Quality Cooperative Inc. .................................................................................................... 40
Randolph Farmers Cooperative Inc.................................................................................. 41
South Limestone Cooperative ............................................................................................ 41
Talladega County Exchange Inc. ....................................................................................... 41
Tuscaloosa Farmers Cooperative Inc................................................................................ 41
Tuscaloosa Gin and Warehouse Cooperative................................................................... 42
West Geneva County Cooperative Association ................................................................ 42
Winston Farmers Cooperative Inc. ................................................................................... 42
ALASKA .................................................................................................................................. 42
Southern SE Regional Aquaculture Association .............................................................. 42
ARIZONA................................................................................................................................. 43
Chandler Ginning Company .............................................................................................. 43
River Cooperative Gin Inc. ................................................................................................ 43
Safford Valley Cotton Growers Co-op Inc. ...................................................................... 43
ARKANSAS ............................................................................................................................. 44
Agri Cooperative Supply .................................................................................................... 44
Arkansas County Co-op ..................................................................................................... 44
Arkansas Dairy Cooperative Association ......................................................................... 44
Arkansas Valley Farmers Association .............................................................................. 44
Associated Farmers Cooperative ....................................................................................... 45
Bradley County Farmers Association Inc......................................................................... 45
Delta Cotton Cooperative Inc. ........................................................................................... 45
Delta Farmers Association ................................................................................................. 45
Drew Farm Supply Inc. ...................................................................................................... 45
Farm Service, Inc. ............................................................................................................... 46
Farmers Association ........................................................................................................... 46

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Farmers Cooperative .......................................................................................................... 46
Farmers Oil Corporation ................................................................................................... 46
Garland County Farmers Association .............................................................................. 47
Hempstead County Farmers Association ......................................................................... 47
Hot Spring County Farmers Cooperative ........................................................................ 47
Hughes Grain Corp............................................................................................................. 47
Lonoke County Co-op, Inc. ................................................................................................ 48
North Arkansas Farm Supply Inc. .................................................................................... 48
Prairie Farmers Association .............................................................................................. 48
Producers Rice Mill Inc. ..................................................................................................... 48
Riceland Foods Inc. ............................................................................................................. 49
Sevier County Farmers Cooperative Inc. ......................................................................... 49
Tri-County Farmers Association ....................................................................................... 49
CALIFORNIA .......................................................................................................................... 49
Allied Grape Growers......................................................................................................... 49
Apricot Producers of California ........................................................................................ 50
Associated Rice Marketing Cooperative ........................................................................... 50
Bard Valley Medjool Date Growers Association ............................................................. 50
Big Tree Organic Farms ..................................................................................................... 50
Blue Diamond Growers ...................................................................................................... 51
Butte County Rice Growers Association........................................................................... 51
CALAMCO ......................................................................................................................... 51
Cal-Bean & Grain Cooperative Inc................................................................................... 51
Calcot Ltd. ........................................................................................................................... 52
California Beet Growers Association Ltd. ........................................................................ 52
California Corn Growers Inc. ............................................................................................ 52
California Dairies, Inc. ....................................................................................................... 52
California Freestone Peach Association............................................................................ 52
California Sweet Potato Growers ...................................................................................... 53
California Tomato Farmers ............................................................................................... 53
California Tomato Growers Association Inc. ................................................................... 53
California Wild Rice Growers Association Inc. ............................................................... 53
Central California Almond Growers Association ............................................................ 54
Central Valley Almond Association Inc. ........................................................................... 54
Chico Bean Growers (dba North Valley Ag Services) ..................................................... 54
Corona-College Heights Orange & Lemon Association .................................................. 54
Cortez Growers Association Inc. ....................................................................................... 55
Exeter-Ivanhoe Citrus Association .................................................................................... 55
Farmers Cooperative Gin Inc. ........................................................................................... 55
Farmers Rice Cooperative ................................................................................................. 55
Fillmore-Piru Citrus Association....................................................................................... 56
Fresno Cooperative Raisin Growers Inc........................................................................... 56
Fruit Growers Supply Company ....................................................................................... 56
Gold Crown Macadamia Association................................................................................ 56
Huron Ginning Company .................................................................................................. 57
Imperial Grain Growers Inc. ............................................................................................. 57

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Kernpareil Cooperative Inc. .............................................................................................. 57
Klink Citrus Association .................................................................................................... 57
Livingston Farmers Association ........................................................................................ 57
Magnolia Citrus Association .............................................................................................. 58
Mendocino County Farm Supply Company..................................................................... 58
Mid-Valley Cotton Growers Inc. ....................................................................................... 58
Midwest Agri-Commodities Company ............................................................................. 58
Minturn Huller Cooperative Inc. ...................................................................................... 59
Mount Konocti Growers Inc. ............................................................................................. 59
Newell Grain Growers Association ................................................................................... 59
Newell Potato Cooperative Inc. ......................................................................................... 59
North State Hulling Cooperative Inc. ............................................................................... 60
Northern Merced Hulling Association .............................................................................. 60
NuCal Foods Inc. ................................................................................................................. 60
Olive Growers Council of California Inc. ......................................................................... 60
Orange Cove-Sanger Citrus Association .......................................................................... 61
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations .................................................... 61
Pacific Coast Producers ...................................................................................................... 61
Placer County Farm Supply Inc. ....................................................................................... 61
Prune Bargaining Association ........................................................................................... 62
Raisin Bargaining Association ........................................................................................... 62
Ranchers Cotton Oil ........................................................................................................... 62
Red Top Rice Growers ....................................................................................................... 62
Redlands Foothill Groves ................................................................................................... 63
Rhodes-Stockton Bean Cooperative .................................................................................. 63
Salida Hulling Association ................................................................................................. 63
San Joaquin Valley Hay Growers Association ................................................................. 63
San Luis Obispo County Farm Supply Co. ...................................................................... 64
Saticoy Lemon Association................................................................................................. 64
Squab Producers of California .......................................................................................... 64
Stanislaus Farm Supply Company .................................................................................... 64
Suisun Valley Fruit Growers Association ......................................................................... 65
Sunkist Growers Inc. .......................................................................................................... 65
Sun-Maid Growers of California ....................................................................................... 65
Sunsweet Growers, Inc. ...................................................................................................... 65
Surprise Valley Lamb and Wool Pool ............................................................................... 66
Sutter Basin Growers Cooperative.................................................................................... 66
Tule River Cooperative Dryer Inc. .................................................................................... 66
Valley Fig Growers ............................................................................................................. 66
Vitagold Brands .................................................................................................................. 66
West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. ..................................................................................... 67
Westside Hulling Association ............................................................................................. 67
COLORADO ............................................................................................................................ 67
Agfinity, Inc. ........................................................................................................................ 67
American Pride Co-operative ............................................................................................ 67
Anton Cooperative Association ......................................................................................... 68

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Arkansas Valley Cooperative Association ........................................................................ 68
Basin Cooperative Inc......................................................................................................... 68
Bear River Valley Cooperative Association ..................................................................... 68
Eads Consumers Supply Company Inc. ........................................................................... 69
Fruita Consumers Cooperative Association Inc. ............................................................. 69
Monte Vista Cooperative .................................................................................................... 69
Peetz Farmers Cooperative Company .............................................................................. 69
Poudre Valley Cooperative Association ............................................................................ 70
Roaring Fork Valley Cooperative Association ................................................................. 70
Rocky Ford Growers Cooperative Association ................................................................ 70
Roggen Farmers Elevator Association .............................................................................. 70
Seibert Equity Cooperative Association ........................................................................... 71
Stratton Equity Cooperative Co. ....................................................................................... 71
Sweetgrass Cooperative ...................................................................................................... 71
United Fresh Potato Growers of Colorado, Inc. .............................................................. 71
Western Sugar Cooperative ............................................................................................... 72
CONNECTICUT ...................................................................................................................... 72
Canaan Valley Agricultural Cooperative, Inc.................................................................. 72
Central Connecticut Co-op Farmers Association ............................................................ 72
Putnam Farmers Co-op Association, Inc. ......................................................................... 73
Quienebaug Valley Cold Cold Storage Association ......................................................... 73
FLORIDA ................................................................................................................................. 73
Altha Farmers Cooperative Inc. ........................................................................................ 73
Central Florida Fern Cooperative Inc. ............................................................................. 73
Citrus World Inc. (Florida’s Natural Growers)............................................................... 74
Dundee Citrus Growers Association ................................................................................. 74
Farmers Cooperative Inc. .................................................................................................. 74
Florida Citrus Mutual ........................................................................................................ 74
Florida Lychee Growers Association ................................................................................ 75
Florida Sugar & Molasses Exchange, Inc. ........................................................................ 75
Haines City Citrus Growers Association .......................................................................... 75
Highland-Exchange Service Cooperative ......................................................................... 75
Homestead Pole Bean Cooperative Inc. ............................................................................ 76
Lake Wales Citrus Growers Association .......................................................................... 76
Pioneer Growers Cooperative ............................................................................................ 76
Premier Milk, Inc. ............................................................................................................... 76
Roper Growers Cooperative .............................................................................................. 77
Southeast Milk Inc. ............................................................................................................. 77
South Lake Apopka Citrus Growers Association ............................................................ 77
Sugar Cane Growers Co-op of Florida ............................................................................. 77
USA Chestnut, Inc. ............................................................................................................. 78
Waverly Growers Cooperative .......................................................................................... 78
GEORGIA................................................................................................................................. 78
Chem Nut Inc. ..................................................................................................................... 78
Federation of Southern Cooperatives ............................................................................... 78
Georgia Mountain Apple Growers Association ............................................................... 79

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GFA Peanut Association..................................................................................................... 79
White County Farmers Exchange Inc............................................................................... 79
HAWAII ................................................................................................................................... 79
Hawaii Cattle Producers Cooperative Association .......................................................... 79
Hawaii Guava Growers Cooperative ................................................................................ 80
Hikiola Cooperative ............................................................................................................ 80
Kamuela Vacuum Cooling Cooperative Ltd. ................................................................... 80
Kona Producers Cooperative ............................................................................................. 80
Maui Cooperative Fishing Association ............................................................................. 81
Maui Farmers Cooperative Exchange .............................................................................. 81
Moloka'i Ice House, Inc. ..................................................................................................... 81
IDAHO ...................................................................................................................................... 81
Co-op Gas & Supply Company Inc. .................................................................................. 81
Farm Bureau Marketing Association of Idaho Inc. ......................................................... 82
High Desert Milk Inc. ......................................................................................................... 82
Idaho’s Bounty .................................................................................................................... 82
Lewis-Clark Terminal Inc. ................................................................................................. 82
Pacific Northwest Farmers' Cooperative.......................................................................... 83
Parma Wool Pool, Inc. ........................................................................................................ 83
Potato Growers of Idaho, Inc. ............................................................................................ 83
Rocky Mountain Sheep Marketing Association ............................................................... 83
Snake River Dairyman's Association ................................................................................ 83
Snake River Sugar Company ............................................................................................. 84
Sun Valley Potato Growers Inc. ........................................................................................ 84
Valley Co-op Inc. ................................................................................................................. 84
Valley Wide Cooperative, Inc. ........................................................................................... 84
ILLINOIS .................................................................................................................................. 85
Ag-Land FS Inc. .................................................................................................................. 85
Ag View FS .......................................................................................................................... 85
Alliance Grain Company .................................................................................................... 85
Assumption Cooperative Grain Company ....................................................................... 85
Burtonview Cooperative ..................................................................................................... 86
C & W Co-op, Inc. .............................................................................................................. 86
Carroll Service Company ................................................................................................... 86
Carrollton Farmers Elevator Company ........................................................................... 86
Cash Cooperative ................................................................................................................ 87
Chapin Farmers Elevator Company ................................................................................. 87
Cissna Park Cooperative Inc. ............................................................................................ 87
CONSERV FS ..................................................................................................................... 87
Cooperative Grain & Supply Company ........................................................................... 88
Danvers Farmers Elevator Company ............................................................................... 88
DeLand Farmers Cooperative Grain Company .............................................................. 88
Donovan Farmers Cooperative Elevator, Inc. ................................................................. 89
Dutch Valley Growers Inc. ................................................................................................. 89
Earlville Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co. .................................................................... 89
Effingham Equity ................................................................................................................ 89

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Elburn Co-operative Company ......................................................................................... 90
Eminence Grain & Coal Company ................................................................................... 90
Encompass Grain & Rail Coop ......................................................................................... 90
Evergreen FS Inc................................................................................................................. 90
Farmers Cooperative Association ..................................................................................... 91
Farmers Elevator Company of Manteno .......................................................................... 91
Farmers Grain Company of Central Illinois .................................................................... 91
Farmers Grain Company of Dorans ................................................................................. 91
Farmers Grain Company of Roseville .............................................................................. 92
Fisher Farmers Grain & Coal Company .......................................................................... 92
Gold Star FS ........................................................................................................................ 92
Goodwine Cooperative Grain Company .......................................................................... 92
Grainco FS Inc. ................................................................................................................... 93
Grainland Cooperative ....................................................................................................... 93
Grant Park Cooperative Grain Company ........................................................................ 93
Graymont Cooperative Association .................................................................................. 93
GROWMARK, Inc. ............................................................................................................ 94
Hamel Cooperative Grain Company ................................................................................ 94
Heritage FS Inc. .................................................................................................................. 94
Heritage Grain Cooperative ............................................................................................... 94
Hog Inc. ................................................................................................................................ 95
L G Cooperative Inc. .......................................................................................................... 95
Legacy Grain Cooperative ................................................................................................. 95
Ludlow Cooperative Elevator Company .......................................................................... 95
M.G. Cooperative Association ........................................................................................... 96
Mc Nabb Grain Company Inc. .......................................................................................... 96
Medora FS Inc. .................................................................................................................... 96
Mendota Farmers Cooperative Supply Company ........................................................... 96
Mid-West Dairymens Company ........................................................................................ 97
Midwest Organic Farmers Coop ....................................................................................... 97
Minier Co-Operative Grain Company.............................................................................. 97
Monica Elevator Company ................................................................................................ 97
Morrisonville Farmers Cooperative Co. ........................................................................... 98
Northern Partners Cooperative ......................................................................................... 98
Okaw Farmer's Cooperative, Inc. ..................................................................................... 98
Pearl City Elevator Inc. ...................................................................................................... 98
Polo Cooperative Association............................................................................................. 99
Prairie Central Cooperative ............................................................................................... 99
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. .................................................................................................... 99
Premier Cooperative, Inc. .................................................................................................. 99
QCS Purchasing ................................................................................................................ 100
Randolph Cooperative Grain Company ......................................................................... 100
Roanoke Farmers Association ......................................................................................... 100
RCM Co-op........................................................................................................................ 100
Rt. 16 Grain Cooperative Company................................................................................ 101
Shipman Elevator Company ............................................................................................ 101

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South Central FS, Inc. ...................................................................................................... 101
South Central FS, Inc. ...................................................................................................... 101
Southern FS Inc................................................................................................................. 102
St. Clair Service Company ............................................................................................... 102
Stanford Grain Company ................................................................................................ 102
Stephenson Service Company .......................................................................................... 102
Sublette Farmers Elevator Company .............................................................................. 103
Sunrise Ag Service Company ........................................................................................... 103
Taloma Farmers Grain Company ................................................................................... 103
Top Ag Cooperative Inc. .................................................................................................. 103
Topflight Grain Cooperative, Inc. ................................................................................... 104
Towanda Grain Company Cooperative .......................................................................... 104
Tremont Cooperative Grain Company ........................................................................... 104
Tri Central Co-op ............................................................................................................. 104
Triumph Cooperative Company ..................................................................................... 105
Ursa Farmers Cooperative Company ............................................................................. 105
West Brooklyn Farmers Cooperative Company ............................................................ 105
West Central FS, Inc......................................................................................................... 105
White Eagle Cooperative Association ............................................................................. 105
Willeys Farmers Co-op Supply Company ...................................................................... 106
Woodstock Progressive Milk Producers Association .................................................... 106
INDIANA ............................................................................................................................... 106
Ag Plus Inc. ........................................................................................................................ 106
AgBest Cooperative Inc. ................................................................................................... 106
AgroKey Cooperative, Inc................................................................................................ 107
Co-Alliance, LLP............................................................................................................... 107
Co-operative Elevator Company ..................................................................................... 107
Countrymark Cooperative Holding Corp. ..................................................................... 107
Farmers Cooperative Company ...................................................................................... 108
Farmers Grain & Supply Company ................................................................................ 108
Growers Cooperative Inc. ................................................................................................ 108
Harvest Land Co-op ......................................................................................................... 108
Jackson-Jennings Farm Bureau Co-op Association Inc................................................ 109
Lake County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association Inc. ............................................ 109
North Central Cooperative, Inc. ...................................................................................... 109
Posey County Farm Bureau Co-op Association Inc. ..................................................... 109
Premier Ag Cooperative Inc. ........................................................................................... 110
Shelby County Farm Bureau Coop Association ............................................................ 110
South Bend Farmers Market ........................................................................................... 110
South Central Indiana Livestock Market Corp. ............................................................ 110
Starke County Farm Bureau Co-op Association ........................................................... 111
Superior Ag Resources Co-op, Inc. ................................................................................. 111
Westland Co-op Inc. ......................................................................................................... 111
White River Cooperative Inc. .......................................................................................... 111
White River Valley Feeder Auction Association Inc. .................................................... 112
IOWA ...................................................................................................................................... 112

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Agriland FS Inc. ................................................................................................................ 112
Alceco-Albert City Elevator Company ........................................................................... 112
Archer Cooperative Grain Company.............................................................................. 112
Aspinwall Cooperative Company .................................................................................... 113
Buckingham Cooperative Company ............................................................................... 113
Cedar County Cooperative .............................................................................................. 113
Clarinda Cooperative Company ...................................................................................... 113
Cooperative Elevator Association ................................................................................... 114
Cooperative Energy Company......................................................................................... 114
Cooperative Gas & Oil ..................................................................................................... 114
Cooperative Oil Company ................................................................................................ 114
Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator .................................................................................... 115
East Central Iowa Cooperative........................................................................................ 115
Farm Service Cooperative (Harlan) ................................................................................ 115
Farmers Cooperative Association (Forest City)............................................................. 115
Farmers Cooperative Association (Keota)...................................................................... 116
Farmers Cooperative Company (Afton) ......................................................................... 116
Farmers Cooperative Company (Ames) ......................................................................... 116
Farmers Cooperative Company (Hinton) ....................................................................... 116
Farmers Cooperative Company (Paullina) .................................................................... 117
Farmers Cooperative Company (Readlyn) .................................................................... 117
Farmers Cooperative Company ...................................................................................... 117
Farmers Cooperative Elevator ........................................................................................ 117
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company (Arcadia) ..................................................... 118
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company (Craig) ......................................................... 118
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company (Radcliffe) ................................................... 118
Farmers Cooperative Oil Company ................................................................................ 118
Farmers Elevator Cooperative of Rock Valley .............................................................. 119
Farmers Lumber Company (Fontanelle)........................................................................ 119
Farmers Lumber Company (Rock Valley) ..................................................................... 119
Farmers Union Cooperative ............................................................................................. 119
First Cooperative Association .......................................................................................... 120
Farmers Win Co-op .......................................................................................................... 120
Gold-Eagle Cooperative ................................................................................................... 120
Hancock County Cooperative Oil Association ............................................................... 120
Heartland Co-op................................................................................................................ 121
Hull Cooperative Association .......................................................................................... 121
Innovative Ag Services Co................................................................................................ 121
Iowa Turkey Growers Cooperative ................................................................................. 121
K & H Cooperative Oil Company ................................................................................... 122
Key Cooperative ................................................................................................................ 122
Linn Co-op Oil Company ................................................................................................. 122
Little Cedar Cooperative Elevator .................................................................................. 122
Lyon County Cooperative Oil Company ........................................................................ 123
MaxYield Cooperative ...................................................................................................... 123
Mid-Iowa Cooperative ...................................................................................................... 123

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