The GROWMARK Foundation is teaming up with Illinois FFA and the family of Mike Builta to provide 25 jackets to Illinois FFA students to honor the legacy of long-time employee Mike Builta, who passed away unexpectedly in 2019. The application opens on August 27 and closes on September 13.

GROWMARK, Inc. is pleased to announce Dan White, a farmer from Irving, Illinois, has been elected to the GROWMARK Board of Directors.

AgVantage FS (Waverly, IA) and Nexus Cooperative (Charles City, IA) have reached an agreement whereby Nexus will acquire the Aplington, Chapin, and Dewar, Iowa, grain assets from AgVantage FS, and AgVantage FS will acquire the Elgin, Lamont, and Randalia, Iowa, agronomy assets from Nexus. This asset exchange follows extensive discussion between the two cooperatives around how each could better utilize their facilities, staff, and other resources to improve operational efficiencies in service to their members.

In a deal that closed Thursday, June 27, with COFCO International, GROWMARK became the sole owner of one of the most influential grain warehouses in the state of Illinois due to its connection with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The purchase also marks the first time the facility will be owned by an American agricultural cooperative.