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Iowa has 16 of “Top 100” ag co-ops in U.S.

October 23, 2013 By O. Kay Henderson

Sixteen Iowa agricultural cooperatives are among the nation’s 100 largest.

According to the U.S.D.A., farmer-owned cooperatives set records in 2012 for sales, income and assets. Sales at farmer-owned co-ops in the U.S. were up more than eight percent and income was up nearly 13 percent.

There are more than 2200 co-ops in the United States. Iowa’s highest ranking ag co-op is United Suppliers of Eldora. It ranked as the country’s eighth largest co-op in 2012. The West Central Cooperative in Ralston made the largest jump on the “Top 100” list, going from 69th in 2011 to 41st in 2012.

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