# Agricultural Cooperative

*/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Cooperative*

Key roles: Sales Agronomist, Custom Applicator, Grain Originator, Grain Merchandiser, Elevator Superintendent, Precision Ag Specialist, Fertilizer Plant Operator, Feed Mill Manager, Refined Fuels Route Driver, Agronomy Location Manager, Dispatch Coordinator, Patronage Accountant. Departments: Agronomy Division, Grain Merchandising, Precision Ag Services, Custom Application, Feed Mill Operations, Energy & Refined Fuels, Member Services & Patronage, Logistics & Dispatch, Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS).

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers](/Industries/Farm_Supplies_Merchant_Wholesalers) — parent · Industries

### Siblings

- [Animal Feed Wholesaler](/CompanyTypes/Animal_Feed_Wholesaler) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Animal Health Products Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Animal_Health_Products_Distributor) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Biologicals and Nutritionals Wholesaler](/CompanyTypes/Biologicals_and_Nutritionals_Wholesaler) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Bulk Fertilizer Blender](/CompanyTypes/Bulk_Fertilizer_Blender) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Commercial Feed Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Commercial_Feed_Distributor) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Crop Input Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Crop_Input_Distributor) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Crop Protection Chemical Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Crop_Protection_Chemical_Distributor) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Fertilizer Wholesaler](/CompanyTypes/Fertilizer_Wholesaler) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Greenhouse and Nursery Supply Wholesaler](/CompanyTypes/Greenhouse_and_Nursery_Supply_Wholesaler) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Independent Agronomy Retailer](/CompanyTypes/Independent_Agronomy_Retailer) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Irrigation Supply Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Irrigation_Supply_Distributor) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [National Crop Protection Distributor](/CompanyTypes/National_Crop_Protection_Distributor) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Seed Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Seed_Distributor) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Specialty Ag Chem Distributor](/CompanyTypes/Specialty_Ag_Chem_Distributor) — siblings · CompanyTypes
- [Wholesale Seed Dealer](/CompanyTypes/Wholesale_Seed_Dealer) — siblings · CompanyTypes

### Supplied by

- [Micronutrient and Soil Amendment Producer](/CompanyTypes/Micronutrient_and_Soil_Amendment_Producer) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Phosphatic Fertilizer Producer](/CompanyTypes/Phosphatic_Fertilizer_Producer) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Nitrogenous Fertilizer Producer](/CompanyTypes/Nitrogenous_Fertilizer_Producer) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Custom Aerial Applicators](/CompanyTypes/Custom_Aerial_Applicators) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Fertilizer Producer](/CompanyTypes/Fertilizer_Producer) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Unattended Cardlock Fueling Station](/CompanyTypes/Unattended_Cardlock_Fueling_Station) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Commodity Brokerage Firm](/CompanyTypes/Commodity_Brokerage_Firm) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Commodity Brokerage](/CompanyTypes/Commodity_Brokerage) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Commodity Advisory Firm](/CompanyTypes/Commodity_Advisory_Firm) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Forecasting Services Provider](/CompanyTypes/Forecasting_Services_Provider) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Hedging Advisory Firm](/CompanyTypes/Hedging_Advisory_Firm) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Transportation Management Service](/CompanyTypes/Transportation_Management_Service) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Phosphate Blenders and Formulators](/CompanyTypes/Phosphate_Blenders_and_Formulators) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Precision Agronomy & Consulting Services](/CompanyTypes/Precision_Agronomy_&_Consulting_Services) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Precision Ag Technology Wholesalers](/CompanyTypes/Precision_Ag_Technology_Wholesalers) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Precision Ag Hardware Retrofitters](/CompanyTypes/Precision_Ag_Hardware_Retrofitters) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Merchant Bulk Liquid Suppliers](/CompanyTypes/Merchant_Bulk_Liquid_Suppliers) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Merchant Ammonia Producers](/CompanyTypes/Merchant_Ammonia_Producers) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Independent Owner-Operators](/CompanyTypes/Independent_Owner-Operators) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Fuel Supply Company](/CompanyTypes/Fuel_Supply_Company) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Fuel Management Service](/CompanyTypes/Fuel_Management_Service) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Anhydrous Ammonia Pipeline](/CompanyTypes/Anhydrous_Ammonia_Pipeline) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Aerial Applicators](/CompanyTypes/Aerial_Applicators) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Mid-Sized Midwest Commodity Farms](/CompanyTypes/Mid-Sized_Midwest_Commodity_Farms) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Mid-Sized Commodity Crop Farm](/CompanyTypes/Mid-Sized_Commodity_Crop_Farm) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Contract Seed Growers](/CompanyTypes/Contract_Seed_Growers) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Contract Seed Corn Producer](/CompanyTypes/Contract_Seed_Corn_Producer) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Agronomy & Agricultural Consulting Firm](/CompanyTypes/Agronomy_&_Agricultural_Consulting_Firm) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Agricultural and Mulch Film Extruders](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_and_Mulch_Film_Extruders) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Agricultural Storage Bin & Silo Distributors](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Storage_Bin_&_Silo_Distributors) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Agricultural Short Lines](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Short_Lines) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [AgLime & Byproduct Operators](/CompanyTypes/AgLime_&_Byproduct_Operators) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Aftermarket Ag Parts Distributors](/CompanyTypes/Aftermarket_Ag_Parts_Distributors) — supplies to · CompanyTypes

### What it supplies

- [Integrated Sugar and Bioproducts Company](/CompanyTypes/Integrated_Sugar_and_Bioproducts_Company) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Commodity Trading House](/CompanyTypes/Commodity_Trading_House) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Small Family Spot-Market Farm](/CompanyTypes/Small_Family_Spot-Market_Farm) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Physical Commodity Merchant](/CompanyTypes/Physical_Commodity_Merchant) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Non-Wood Pulp Mills](/CompanyTypes/Non-Wood_Pulp_Mills) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Industrial Ingredient Processor](/CompanyTypes/Industrial_Ingredient_Processor) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Large-Scale Commercial Row Crop Operations](/CompanyTypes/Large-Scale_Commercial_Row_Crop_Operations) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Retail Private Label Vegetable Co-packers](/CompanyTypes/Retail_Private_Label_Vegetable_Co-packers) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Agricultural Co-op Stations](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Co-op_Stations) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Unit Train Shuttle Loader](/CompanyTypes/Unit_Train_Shuttle_Loader) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Cooperative Member Growers](/CompanyTypes/Cooperative_Member_Growers) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Anaerobic Digestion Operators](/CompanyTypes/Anaerobic_Digestion_Operators) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Agricultural Cooperative Manufacturers](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Cooperative_Manufacturers) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Agricultural Cooperative Feed Division](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Cooperative_Feed_Division) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Agricultural Cooperative Cannery](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Cooperative_Cannery) — supplied by · CompanyTypes

### Related (outsourced to)

- [Negotiate contracts with farmers for the production or purchase of farm products.](/Tasks/Negotiate_contracts_with_farmers_for_the_production_or_purchase_of_farm_products.) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Sell supplies, such as seed, feed, fertilizers, or insecticides, arranging for loans or financing as...](/Tasks/Sell_supplies,_such_as_seed,_feed,_fertilizers,_or_insecticides,_arranging_for_loans_or_financing_as...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers.](/Tasks/Place_products_in_containers_according_to_grade_and_mark_grades_on_containers.) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Advise farm groups or growers on land preparation or livestock care techniques that will maximize th...](/Tasks/Advise_farm_groups_or_growers_on_land_preparation_or_livestock_care_techniques_that_will_maximize_th...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Direct crop production operations, such as planning, tilling, planting, fertilizing, cultivating, sp...](/Tasks/Direct_crop_production_operations,_such_as_planning,_tilling,_planting,_fertilizing,_cultivating,_sp...) — outsourced to · Tasks
- [Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.](/Tasks/Weigh_crop-filled_containers,_and_record_weights_and_other_identifying_information.) — outsourced to · Tasks

### Related (part of)

- [Agronomy](/Departments/Agronomy) — part of · Departments
- [Grower Relations](/Departments/Grower_Relations) — part of · Departments

### Where it's applied

- [Agrochemical Buyer Agent](/Opportunities/Agrochemical_Buyer_Agent) — applies thesis · Opportunities
- [Patronage Reconciliation Engine](/Opportunities/Patronage_Reconciliation_Engine) — applies thesis · Opportunities

### Related (operates)

- [Turnips](/Products/Turnips) — operates · Products
- [Bilimbi](/Products/Bilimbi) — operates · Products
- [Pome Fruits](/Products/Pome_Fruits) — operates · Products

### Serves industry

- [Food And Beverage Manufacturing](/Industries/Food_And_Beverage_Manufacturing) — serves industry · Industries
- [Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting](/Industries/Agriculture,_Forestry,_Fishing_and_Hunting) — serves industry · Industries
- [Animal Production and Aquaculture](/Industries/Animal_Production_and_Aquaculture) — serves industry · Industries
- [Crop Production](/Industries/Crop_Production) — serves industry · Industries

### Provides

- [Farm supplies at retail](/Services/Farm_supplies_at_retail) — provides · Services
- [Member Patronage Programs](/Services/Member_Patronage_Programs) — provides · Services
- [Grain Marketing Service](/Services/Grain_Marketing_Service) — provides · Services

### Core activity

- [Procuring Bulk Inputs](/Activities/Procuring_Bulk_Inputs) — core activity · Activities
- [Distributing Member Patronage](/Activities/Distributing_Member_Patronage) — core activity · Activities
- [Marketing Aggregated Commodities](/Activities/Marketing_Aggregated_Commodities) — core activity · Activities
- [Pooling Member Production](/Activities/Pooling_Member_Production) — core activity · Activities

### Outsources process

- [Commodity Freight Transportation](/Processes/Commodity_Freight_Transportation) — outsources process · Processes
- [Grain Processing](/Processes/Grain_Processing) — outsources process · Processes

### Uses tool

- [Truck or rail scales](/Products/Truck_or_rail_scales) — uses tool · Products
- [Sampling probes](/Products/Sampling_probes) — uses tool · Products
- [Grain Silo](/Products/Grain_Silo) — uses tool · Products
- [Grain dryers](/Products/Grain_dryers) — uses tool · Products

### Signature process

- [Grain and Commodity Pooling](/Processes/Grain_and_Commodity_Pooling) — signature process · Processes
- [Crop Marketing and Grain Sales](/Processes/Crop_Marketing_and_Grain_Sales) — signature process · Processes
- [Patronage Dividend Allocation](/Processes/Patronage_Dividend_Allocation) — signature process · Processes
- [Bulk Input Procurement](/Processes/Bulk_Input_Procurement) — signature process · Processes

### Problems this exposes

- [per-acre enrollment of member fields in carbon/ecosystem-service programs whose payments must reconcile against patronage without double-counting practice credits](/Problems/per-acre_enrollment_of_member_fields_in_carbon%2Fecosystem-service_programs_whose_payments_must_reconcile_against_patronage_without_double-counting_practice_credits) — exposes problem · Problems
- [member-field agronomic/sustainability practice data (cover crops, N-rate, tillage) must be aggregated across thousands of grower-owners to substantiate a co-op-level Scope-3 or sourced-from-sustainable marketing claim](/Problems/member-field_agronomic%2Fsustainability_practice_data_(cover_crops,_N-rate,_tillage)_must_be_aggregated_across_thousands_of_grower-owners_to_substantiate_a_co-op-level_Scope-3_or_sourced-from-sustainable_marketing_claim) — exposes problem · Problems
- [co-op input-sales agronomy recommendations to member growers create a conflict when the same co-op buys back and pools their grain, blurring agronomic advice vs merchandising margin](/Problems/co-op_input-sales_agronomy_recommendations_to_member_growers_create_a_conflict_when_the_same_co-op_buys_back_and_pools_their_grain,_blurring_agronomic_advice_vs_merchandising_margin) — exposes problem · Problems
- [outsourced Agricultural Commodity Transporter backhaul empty-miles between inbound Bulk Input Procurement and outbound grain hauls](/Problems/outsourced_Agricultural_Commodity_Transporter_backhaul_empty-miles_between_inbound_Bulk_Input_Procurement_and_outbound_grain_hauls) — exposes problem · Problems
- [feed-grade commodity supply to animal-production member operations carries mycotoxin/aflatoxin limits and VFD medicated-feed traceability the grain-merchandising and pooling processes don't track](/Problems/feed-grade_commodity_supply_to_animal-production_member_operations_carries_mycotoxin%2Faflatoxin_limits_and_VFD_medicated-feed_traceability_the_grain-merchandising_and_pooling_processes_don't_track) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Food-Manufacturing buyers demanding identity-preserved or non-GMO lots collide with the co-op's commingled member commodity pooling at the elevator](/Problems/Food-Manufacturing_buyers_demanding_identity-preserved_or_non-GMO_lots_collide_with_the_co-op's_commingled_member_commodity_pooling_at_the_elevator) — exposes problem · Problems
- [outsourced Agricultural Commodity Transporter haul capacity must be locked against grain-merchandising forward-sale commitments at harvest peak or the basis contract can't be delivered on time](/Problems/outsourced_Agricultural_Commodity_Transporter_haul_capacity_must_be_locked_against_grain-merchandising_forward-sale_commitments_at_harvest_peak_or_the_basis_contract_can't_be_delivered_on_time) — exposes problem · Problems
- [commingled grain quality/dockage disputes at intake](/Problems/commingled_grain_quality%2Fdockage_disputes_at_intake) — exposes problem · Problems
- [input (seed/chem/fert) prebook demand forecasting against allocation](/Problems/input_(seed%2Fchem%2Ffert)_prebook_demand_forecasting_against_allocation) — exposes problem · Problems
- [grain-elevator basis and storage-vs-sell timing decisions for members](/Problems/grain-elevator_basis_and_storage-vs-sell_timing_decisions_for_members) — exposes problem · Problems
- [patronage-dividend allocation and equity-revolvement accounting per member](/Problems/patronage-dividend_allocation_and_equity-revolvement_accounting_per_member) — exposes problem · Problems
- [member-equity redemption liquidity vs co-op capital needs](/Problems/member-equity_redemption_liquidity_vs_co-op_capital_needs) — exposes problem · Problems

### Supplied by

- [Fertilizer Manufacturers](/CompanyTypes/Fertilizer_Manufacturers) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Crop Farming Operations](/CompanyTypes/Crop_Farming_Operations) — supplied by · CompanyTypes
- [Agrochemical Adjuvant Manufacturers](/CompanyTypes/Agrochemical_Adjuvant_Manufacturers) — supplied by · CompanyTypes

### Supplies to

- [Food Manufacturers](/CompanyTypes/Food_Manufacturers) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Export Grain Terminals](/CompanyTypes/Export_Grain_Terminals) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Grain Processors](/CompanyTypes/Grain_Processors) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Agricultural Export Promotion Councils](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Export_Promotion_Councils) — supplies to · CompanyTypes
- [Ag-Conglomerate Milling Divisions](/CompanyTypes/Ag-Conglomerate_Milling_Divisions) — supplies to · CompanyTypes

### Signature role

- [Member Services Coordinator](/JobTypes/Member_Services_Coordinator) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Grain Merchandiser](/JobTypes/Grain_Merchandiser) — signature role · JobTypes
- [Cooperative General Manager](/JobTypes/Cooperative_General_Manager) — signature role · JobTypes

### Demands service

- [Risk Management Hedging](/Services/Risk_Management_Hedging) — demands service · Services
- [Member Accounting Services](/Services/Member_Accounting_Services) — demands service · Services
- [Freight Logistics](/Services/Freight_Logistics) — demands service · Services
- [Commodity Brokerage](/Services/Commodity_Brokerage) — demands service · Services

### Industries where this operates

- [Agriculture Forestry Fishing and Hunting](/Industries/Agriculture_Forestry_Fishing_and_Hunting) — operates in · Industries
- [Wholesale Trade](/Industries/Wholesale_Trade) — operates in · Industries

### Forward integrates into

- [Agricultural Cooperative Mills](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Cooperative_Mills) — forward integrates into · CompanyTypes

### Outsourced to

- [Agricultural Commodity Transporters](/CompanyTypes/Agricultural_Commodity_Transporters) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes

### Signature occupation

- [General and Operations Managers](/Occupations/General_and_Operations_Managers) — signature occupation · Occupations

### Has governance model

- [Board Approval](/DecisionStructure/Board_Approval) — has governance model · DecisionStructure

### Has size

- [Mid Market](/CompanySize/Mid_Market) — has size · CompanySize

### Has operational model

- [Cooperative](/OperationalModel/Cooperative) — has operational model · OperationalModel