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The importance of cooperation -- it's one of life's most important lessons. Dating back to the early 1900s, the Farmers Cooperative Company learned that lesson early on. The 5,200-member co-op offers agronomy and grain marketing services to its members, who oversee some 3 million acres of farmland in central and north central Iowa. It operates 40 grain elevators and provides soil testing, and mapping services. It sells supplies including seed, feed, and fertilizer, to its members. Farmers Cooperative is an acquisitive operation. Since the 1960s it has acquired more than 20 other agricultural co-ops, grain elevators, fertilizer manufacturers, and other farm-related businesses.

A solid financial base isn’t an end result—it's a beginning. At FCS, we serve our customers well with resources responsibly built over generations. In 2007 we celebrated our cooperative's 100th anniversary, a tribute to strong financial management.We accept a second century's new challenges invigorated by the innovative spirit alive in today’s agriculture. Will the journey always be easy? No. Will we remain committed to the clear-headed focus that guided our forebearers? Absolutely!

Who has time to get veterinary supplies when you're tending to the farm? FarmVet.com understands and offers thousands of discounted name-brand animal-health products and farm supplies for livestock, horses, and pets throughout the US via its Web site. The company distributes more than 50,000 products, including dietary supplements, grooming supplies, insecticides, and tools, from its warehouse facility in Tennessee. It has separate category devoted to equine products. In addition to its online store, FarmVet also has a printed catalog, and operates mobile retail units that travel throughout the year to select horse show venues.

Every Farnam® product is backed by a deep commitment to animal health care dating back to our founding in 1946. For decades, we’ve been the undisputed leader in horse care. And today, our reputation for innovative product development, thorough research, high production standards and competitive pricing has made us a dominant force in the pet care industry. We’re a company that not only works closely with veterinarians and other professionals in animal care, but listens to the needs of animal owners. Many of our products have been influenced by feedback and suggestions from animal lovers just like you. We’re a company that partners with organizations created by and for pet and equine enthusiasts.And we’re a company that shares the very same joys and concerns of our customers. Most of Farnam’s employees cherish pets of their own – and many are also horse people.

When co-ops work co-operatively, you wind up with organizations like Federated Co-Operatives Limited -- a co-op of co-ops. The company provides retail and administrative services to its some 1,300,000 individual owner/members, which are made up of about 265 retail cooperatives located across western Canada. Federated's members run the gamut and include co-op's made up of food stores, pharmacies, clothing stores, general merchandisers, building material enterprises, crop and feed suppliers, gas stations, convenience stores, and travel services. Federated members have access petroluem products through the co-op's refiner CCRL; they can also buy groceries through Federated's food operations, The Grocery People.

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