Farmers Cooperative

Farmers Cooperative is a member-owned agricultural cooperative based in Dorchester, Nebraska, in the United States. Its roots trace to the early 20th-century cooperative movement among Nebraska farmers. In January 1903, the editor of "The Central Farmer" magazine, a long-time supporter in the fight against the "grain combine," set about organizing the Nebraska Farmers Cooperative Grain and Livestock Association. The association's stated purpose was to protect members from discrimination, furnish reports of crop and market conditions, and procure the best possible market for their products. Around the same time, farmers in the Dorchester area were meeting to discuss forming a cooperative association. On March 28, 1903, the first stockholders meeting of the Dorchester Farmers Cooperative Grain and Livestock Association was held in the Keeps Opera House in Dorchester, Nebraska. One hundred fifteen farmers became stockholders and elected seven men as their first Board of Directors: W.C. Endicott as President, J.W. Carper as Vice President, Franklin Miller as Secretary, D.J. Buckingham as Treasurer, and W.J. Reid, Bert Psikal, and O.T. Henshue as directors. Today the cooperative operates as an agricultural service provider. Its official website highlights business lines including grain, agronomy, precision agriculture, energy, feed, tires, and lubricants. It publishes grain market information such as cash bids and futures snapshots, and it offers a customer portal that lets members view grain cash bids and settlements in real time, access and download invoices, contracts, tickets and statements, pay invoices, manage banking information, eSign contracts, track purchase history and product details, and manage bookings and prepays. The cooperative frames its mission as "Investing in our Owners' Success; delivering service and solutions to exceed customer expectations," with a vision "To be the best; providing solutions to achieve employee and customer success." Its core values emphasize integrity, safety, customers, employees, communities, and long-term financial success. As a member-owned cooperative, it is not a publicly listed company; it is owned by its farmer-members and governed through a board and annual meeting process. Its operations are centered on serving agricultural producers in its Nebraska trade area.

Farmers Cooperative's history begins with the cooperative movement among Nebraska farmers in the early 1900s. In January 1903, the editor of "The Central Farmer" magazine, described as a long-time supporter in the fight against the "grain combine," set about to organize the Nebraska Farmers Cooperative Grain and Livestock Association. The association announced its purpose: to protect members of the association from discrimination; to furnish reports of crop and market conditions; and to procure the best possible market for their products. At the same time, Dorchester-area farmers were meeting to discuss organizing a cooperative association. On March 28, 1903, the first stockholders meeting of the Dorchester Farmers Cooperative Grain and Livestock Association was held in the Keeps Opera House in Dorchester, Nebraska. One hundred fifteen farmers became stockholders, and they elected seven men as their first Board of Directors: W.C. Endicott as President, J.W. Carper as Vice President, Franklin Miller as Secretary, D.J. Buckingham as Treasurer, and W.J. Reid, Bert Psikal, and O.T. Henshue as directors. From these origins, the cooperative grew into a regional agricultural service provider. Its modern operations span grain handling and marketing, agronomy, precision agriculture, energy, feed, tires, and lubricants. The cooperative publishes grain market data, including cash bids and futures snapshots, and has introduced a digital Customer Portal that allows members to view grain cash bids and settlements in real time, access and download invoices, contracts, tickets and statements, pay invoices, manage banking information, eSign contracts, track purchase history and product details, and manage bookings and prepays. The organization continues to describe itself through a mission of investing in owners' success and a vision of providing solutions to achieve employee and customer success, with core values covering integrity, safety, customers, employees, communities, and long-term financial success.

• 1903

  In January, the editor of "The Central Farmer" set about organizing the Nebraska Farmers Cooperative Grain and Livestock Association.

• 1903

  On March 28, the first stockholders meeting of the Dorchester Farmers Cooperative Grain and Livestock Association was held in the Keeps Opera House in Dorchester, Nebraska; 115 farmers became stockholders and elected seven directors.

• The cooperative introduced a new Farmers Cooperative Portal for members to manage grain bids, invoices, contracts, banking and bookings online.

A member-owned, community-focused agricultural cooperative serving Nebraska farmers with integrated grain, agronomy, energy and farm-supply services.

• Grain marketing and cash bids

• Agronomy services

• Precision agriculture

• Energy (fuel and propane)

• Animal feed

• Tires

• Lubricants

• Customer Portal

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