http://www.growmark.comThe latest news from GROWMARK.Copyright 2011 GROWMARK Inc. All rights reserved.Emily Bloemer of Bloomington, Ill., has been named the Illinois state winner of the 2012 GROWMARK essay contest for FFA members. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1165/7/2012 12:00:00 AMOn February 29, 2012, a tornado struck Harrisburg, Illinois. The Southern FS facility was directly in the path of the storm.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1154/30/2012 12:00:00 AMAlex Sievert of Bonduel, Wis., was named the Wisconsin state winner of the 2012 GROWMARK essay contest for FFA members.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1144/26/2012 12:00:00 AMAt Christmas, the staff at GROWMARK FS in Milford, Del., took holiday giving to a new level.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1134/19/2012 12:00:00 AMCassie Becker of GROWMARK presents about Ag careers to a group of Illinois FFA members at the Illinois Farm Bureau & Affiliates Youth Conference. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1124/5/2012 12:00:00 AMJenna Schade of Walker, Iowa, was named the Iowa state winner of the 2012 GROWMARK essay contest for FFA members.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1113/29/2012 12:00:00 AMTopflight Grain Cooperative, Inc., is the latest grain cooperative to achieve 100 percent board certification.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1103/28/2012 12:00:00 AMThe GROWMARK System was recently named number six on LP Gas Magazine’s list of the top 50 LP-gas retailers in the United States.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1093/23/2012 12:00:00 AMRaymond Buerk, Christian County Farmers Supply Co., helped create a better way to complete a difficult but necessary job.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1083/16/2012 12:00:00 AMSubmissions for a GROWMARK System cookbook are being accepted until April 15, 2012.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1073/15/2012 12:00:00 AMNew engine technology and emissions requirements led GROWMARK to look at ways to improve its flagship diesel fuel.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1062/21/2012 12:00:00 AMA desire to preserve history while allowing for future growth led to the development of the Our History website.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1052/20/2012 12:00:00 AMGROWMARK’s Ontario region office in Kitchener recently welcomed 30 new Advanced Agriculture Leadership Program (AALP) students.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1042/2/2012 12:00:00 AMFifteen GROWMARK employees were recognized at the Region IV Best of NAMA awards ceremony.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1031/23/2012 12:00:00 AMVisitors to the FAST STOP Travel Center in Vandalia, Ill., can now get their fill of more than just gasoline or diesel fuel. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1011/16/2012 12:00:00 AMThe Auburn, Ill., FAST STOP recently sold a $250,000-winning Little Lotto ticket.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=1001/6/2012 12:00:00 AMFriends and neighbors finish harvest for a fellow farmer in Genoa, Ill., whose wife is battling breast cancer.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9812/30/2011 12:00:00 AMIn honor of our 85th anniversary in 2012, GROWMARK created a new history website.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9912/30/2011 12:00:00 AMStories.coop is a new website dedicated to collecting individual stories of cooperation. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9712/20/2011 12:00:00 AMDelhi, Ontario, is home to the largest storage capcity grain bin in the province.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9612/12/2011 12:00:00 AMThe 2011 GROWMARK Annual Report is now online!http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9512/6/2011 12:00:00 AMAt the end of September, Fuel Salesman Bob Bierman hung up the nozzle on his fuel truck for the last time. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9412/2/2011 12:00:00 AMPutting the cooperative principle of concern for community into practice, several Iowa FS employees aided in relief efforts in Joplin, Mo.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9311/22/2011 12:00:00 AMThe theme for the 2012 GROWMARK Essay Contest is: “Cooperatives in a Global Environment.” http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9211/8/2011 12:00:00 AMHeritage FS, Inc., helps train rural first responders the proper way to approach agricultural emergencies. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9111/4/2011 12:00:00 AMThe United Nations General Assembly has declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives and GROWMARK is joining in the yearlong celebration. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=9010/31/2011 12:00:00 AMThe Yorkville Tank and Truck Center custom builds a variety of rolling stock for member cooperatives and other companies. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=8910/27/2011 12:00:00 AMThe GROWMARK System of cooperatives, headquartered in Bloomington, Ill., was ranked seventh on the NCB Co-op 100.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=8810/21/2011 12:00:00 AMNew Century FS, Van Horne, Iowa, is delivering value to their customers with a dedicated airstrip for aerial application.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=8710/13/2011 12:00:00 AMA commitment to safety and environmental stewardship earned Illini FS’s Leverett, Ill., facility the 2011 Illinois Environmental Respect Award. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=8610/7/2011 12:00:00 AMThirty-five college students will be able to continue their education with help from the regional agricultural supply cooperative, GROWMARK.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=859/27/2011 12:00:00 AMBrent Ericson has been named Vice President, Grain, for GROWMARK, effective November 1, 2011.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=839/23/2011 12:00:00 AMMike MacCoy, GROWMARK FS accounts payable manager, is a member of the elite Delaware Air Rescue Team.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=849/23/2011 12:00:00 AMAttendees at the 2011 Farm Progress Show had the opportunity to register for a cropNAtion profile and be eligible to win an iPad 2. And the winners are...http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=829/19/2011 12:00:00 AMVisit our album on Flickr to view, download, and print photos from the 2011 GROWMARK Annual Meeting, including photos with The Band Perry. Click Here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjwcysg5 http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=809/13/2011 12:00:00 AMGROWMARK employees are able to give back through a volunteer partnership with the Midwest Food Bank in Bloomington, Ill.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=819/12/2011 12:00:00 AMFS PARTNERS, Kitchener, Ont., provides customers with up-to-date plot information through QR codes.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=799/6/2011 12:00:00 AMThree grain cooperatives were recognized by GROWMARK, Inc. with the Ceres award during the GROWMARK annual meeting in Chicago.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=748/26/2011 12:00:00 AMWayne Nattress, retired executive director, Iowa FFA Foundation, was honored with the “Friend of GROWMARK” award at the GROWMARK annual meeting in Chicago.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=758/26/2011 12:00:00 AMFive FS member cooperatives were recognized by GROWMARK, Inc. for business performance improvement during the GROWMARK annual meeting in Chicago. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=768/26/2011 12:00:00 AMGROWMARK officials reported unaudited, estimated results for the fiscal year that will end August 31, 2011. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=778/26/2011 12:00:00 AMGROWMARK, Inc., Bloomington, Ill., announced the results of director elections, held in conjunction with the regional cooperative’s annual meeting in Chicago.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=788/26/2011 12:00:00 AMMore than 1,000 GROWMARK employees, member cooperative directors and staff, and guests will gather for the GROWMARK Annual Meeting on August 25-26, 2011 at the Hilton Chicago. The theme for this year’s meeting is Value Driven.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=738/24/2011 12:00:00 AMA group of GROWMARK board members and staff visited the African nation of Ghana in March.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=728/1/2011 12:00:00 AMNearly 800 students attended the 18th annual fourth grade farm tour, held at the Kutz family dairy farm near Jefferson, Wis. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=717/13/2011 12:00:00 AMChad Richey, MID-CO, and his wife, Lynnette, took the journey of a lifetime to the base camp of Mt. Everest.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=707/7/2011 12:00:00 AMThe North Clay School District in Louisville, Ill., is the first school in Illinois to add a liquid propane-injected bus to their fleet. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=676/28/2011 12:00:00 AMThis year, several member cooperatives are hoping to bring a new color into focus: pink. Specifically, the shade of pink associated with breast cancer awareness.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=666/17/2011 12:00:00 AMIn the fifty-second year of the program, 41 college students are exploring career opportunities as GROWMARK summer interns. http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=656/1/2011 12:00:00 AMConserv FS, Inc., employees and patrons had a hand in “Weeding Out Hunger” throughout their trade territory last winter.http://www.growmark.com/MediaCenter/Pages/home.aspx?media=news&idx=635/25/2011 12:00:00 AM