As part of National Co-op Month, Kansas Wheat will highlight farmer cooperatives throughout October. Check back each week for new stories of how farmer cooperatives are investing in the Kansas grain industry, benefiting their farmer owners and contributing to the reliability, quality and value of the Kansas wheat crop each year.
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Teamwork Leads to Grain Business Success for WindRiver Grain, L.L.C.
October 18, 2015
Loading the first 110-car unit train at WindRiver Grain, L.L.C. in Garden City took four days, far longer than the industry standard 15 hours. The process was plagued by rain, then snow that piled up…
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Farmway Co-op Invests, Expands to Help Farmers Succeed
October 13, 2015
In 104 years, Farmway Co-op has grown from a single petroleum cooperative to one of the largest agricultural cooperatives in the United States. Throughout that entire history, however, Farmway has…
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Rediscover Kansas Cooperatives during National Co-op Month
October 1, 2015
The local co-op is often a place to stop for a cup of coffee, grumble about today’s prices and pick up the next batch of fertilizer. Even more so, the local co-op is where farmers deliver and store…