Co-ops: quiet players with big role
date:Jun 09, 2012
t, It's an individual farmer behind this operations, Conner said.


Like much of agriculture these days, Growmark, based in Bloomington, Illinois, is doing well.


Solberg said the co-op expects to have $10 billion in sales in its 2012 fiscal year that ends on August 31. A decade ago, its sales totaled $1 billion.


Just the commodity prices of today have driven sales to a high level, Solberg said.


And the co-op is probably as well capitalized as it's been in decades, he said.


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