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10/22/2009 - GROWMARK Reports 2009 Financial Results
GROWMARK officials reported results for the fiscal year that ended August 31.  (Story...)

9/20/2009 - Wieland named GROWMARK director, energy risk management
Marty Wieland has been named director, energy risk management, effective Oct. 1, 2009.   (Story...)

9/20/2009 - Drake named MID-CO COMMODITIES compliance and business operations manager
Brad Drake has been named MID-CO COMMODITIES compliance and business operations manager, effective Oct. 1, 2009.   (Story...)

9/14/2009 - GROWMARK Agronomy Division Reorganization Announced
The GROWMARK Agronomy Division has been reorganized to better position its turf business.  (Story...)

9/14/2009 - GROWMARK Seed Division Changes Announced
Changes in the GROWMARK Seed Division resulted in one promotion and an employee transfer.   (Story...)

9/9/2009 - GROWMARK names scholarship winners
Thirty-eight college students from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin will be able to continue their education with help from the regional agricultural supply cooperative, GROWMARK.  (Story...)

9/3/2009 - Cripe named director, MID-CO COMMODITIES
John Cripe has been named director, MID-CO COMMODITIES, effective Sept. 15, 2009.   (Story...)

8/28/2009 - GROWMARK Director Elections Announced
***This story has been updated. GROWMARK, Inc., Bloomington, Ill., announced the results of director and officer elections, held in conjunction with the regional cooperative’s annual meeting in Chicago.   (Story...)

8/28/2009 - GROWMARK Chairman’s Award Presented to John Knobloch
For the second year in a row, AGRILAND FS, INC. General Manager John Knobloch received the prestigious chairman’s Award for Excellence in Management from GROWMARK Chairman Dan Kelley at the cooperative’s annual meeting in Chicago. AGRILAND FS is based in Winterset, Iowa.  (Story...)

8/28/2009 - GROWMARK Honors Ag Leader
Denyse Guy, executive director of the Ontario Cooperative Association (On Co-op), was honored today with the “Friend of GROWMARK” award at the GROWMARK annual meeting in Chicago.  (Story...)

8/28/2009 - FS Cooperatives Earn Performance Improvement Award
Five FS member cooperatives were recognized by GROWMARK, Inc. for business performance improvement during the GROWMARK annual meeting in Chicago today.  (Story...)

8/28/2009 - GROWMARK Reports Estimated Year-End Financial Results
GROWMARK officials today reported unaudited, estimated results for the fiscal year that will end August 31, 2009. Senior Vice President of Finance Jeff Solberg announced sales of $6.1 billion for the 2008-09 fiscal year; GROWMARK net income is estimated at $75 million.  (Story...)

8/25/2009 - GROWMARK Background
Information about the GROWMARK System.  (Story...)

8/25/2009 - Quick Facts About the GROWMARK System
Interesting facts about the GROWMARK System.  (Story...)

4/2/2009 - GROWMARK Announces Illinois & Wisconsin Essay Contest Winners
Kaitlin Magsamen of White Heath, Ill., and Isabel Cupino of Oconto Falls, Wis., hve been named the Illinois and Wisconsin winners of the 2009 GROWMARK essay contest for FFA members. The theme of this year’s contest was “Homegrown Fuels: Good for American Agriculture.”  (Story...)

3/20/2009 - GROWMARK increases storage at Menard terminal
GROWMARK today announced the completion of a new 30,000 gallon biodiesel storage tank at the Menard Petroleum Terminal near Springfield, Ill. The addition of this tank brings the total fuel storage at the facility to more than 9.7 million total gallons of biodiesel, ethanol, diesel, and gasoline.  (Story...)

11/20/2008 - GROWMARK 2009 Essay Contest Theme Announced
How do homegrown fuels reduce our dependence on foreign oil? What do major engine manufacturers say about ethanol and biodiesel? Why do cooperatives matter to the United States in the current energy crisis?  (Story...)

11/11/2008 - GROWMARK, Inc. ranked seventh on the NCB list of 100 top cooperatives
GROWMARK ranked seventh on the NCB Co-op 100 listing of the nation’s 100 highest revenue-earning cooperative businesses. GROWMARK was ranked eighth on the 2007 list.  (Story...)

8/5/2008 - GROWMARK, Inc. Acquires Waterloo Service Co. Facilities
GROWMARK, Inc., acquired the Waterloo (Iowa) Service Co. facilities and plans to use the facilities for expanded truck shop and bulk lubricant storage and distribution operations.  (Story...)

8/5/2008 - GROWMARK purchases Menard refined fuels terminal
GROWMARK, Inc., purchased the Menard County refined fuels terminal near Petersburg, Ill., from Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. effective August 1, 2008.  (Story...)

7/28/2008 - GROWMARK Grain Division aims to be “most dynamic”
GROWMARK’s Grain Division has set a 10-year goal of becoming the “most dynamic grain organization in North America.”  (Story...)