Farmers Cooperative
Farmers Cooperative is a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative founded in 1903 and headquartered in Dorchester, Nebraska, serving member-owners across southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas with grain marketing, agronomy, precision agriculture, energy, feed, and tire and lubricant services through 25+ branch locations.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1903
- HeadquartersDorchester, United States
- Headcount251–500
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Farmers Cooperative does
Farmers Cooperative is a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative founded in 1903 and headquartered in Dorchester, Nebraska, serving member-owners across southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas through 25+ branch locations, C-Stores, mobile service fleets, and an online customer portal. The cooperative operates across six integrated divisions: Grain (cash bids, futures/options trading, shuttle loading on BNSF railroad, multi-million bushel storage capacity), Agronomy (seed, fertilizer, crop protection chemicals, Skytech drone services for aerial scouting and fungicide application), Precision Ag (ProFarm data services, grid soil sampling, FC Weather station network, Climate FieldView integration), Energy (propane, gasoline including E-15 transition, diesel, fuel cards, C-Store retail), Feed (Purina-branded cattle nutrition, mineral and preconditioning programs), and Tires & Lubricants (agricultural tires, mobile on-farm tire service, United Lubricants products, DEF distribution).
The cooperative monetizes through transaction-based fees across each product line — grain origination at origin points, product sales of seed/fertilizer/chemicals at agronomy branches, propane and fuel contracting, feed and supplement sales at feed mill locations, and tire/lube product sales and service labor. Pricing for grain is publicly available via real-time cash bids on the website (sourced from Barchart Solutions with at least 10-minute delay); pricing for other categories is not publicly disclosed and requires direct inquiry or portal access. Customer segments include row crop farmers (primary), agricultural producers seeking crop inputs (primary), farm and residential energy customers (primary), cattle producers, and farm equipment owners. The MyGrower customer portal enables digital account management including invoicing, contract eSign, payment processing, and real-time grain settlement viewing.
The cooperative is a member of the Land O'Lakes cooperative network and participates in WinField United agronomy partnerships, BNSF rail logistics, and emerging low-carbon fertilizer supply chains with CF Industries and POET. Recent strategic capital deployment includes construction of a 3.7M bushel grain shuttle loading facility near Pawnee City (operational fall 2026), prior 2020 storage expansion exceeding 6.5M bushels, and an E-15 gasoline transition across energy operations. The company has 251–500 employees and operates as a private cooperative governed by a Board of Directors with no public listing, parent company, or external equity ownership.
Farmers Cooperative firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Farmers Cooperative
- Legal name
- Farmers Cooperative - Dorchester
- Website
- https://farmersco-operative.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1903
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 251–500 employees
- Short description
- Farmers Cooperative is a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative founded in 1903 and headquartered in Dorchester, Nebraska, serving member-owners across southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas with grain marketing, agronomy, precision agriculture, energy, feed, and tire and lubricant services through 25+ branch locations.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Farmers Cooperative industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Agricultural Cooperative Services
- NAICS
- Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (42491), Support Activities for Animal Production (115210)
- SIC
- Agricultural Services (700)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Farmer Cooperatives & Co-op Retail (AFABAJAB)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Farm Supply Retail (Independent Dealers) (AFABAJAA)
Keywords
Where Farmers Cooperative is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Dorchester
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices26 records
Markets served
Farmers Cooperative business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Grain Marketing & Storage: Grain origination, cash grain bids, futures and options trading, risk management programs, shuttle loading facilities, and grain storage. The cooperative arbitrages in competitive markets including exports, domestic and local processors to deliver competitive price advantages to member-owners. Construction of a new shuttle loading facility near Pawnee City (3.7M bushel capacity, 110-car shuttle on BNSF) expands storage and shipping capability.
- Agronomy Products & Services: Sale of seed, fertilizer, crop protection chemicals, and precision ag services including grid sampling, ProFarm, drone operations (Skytech), and crop scouting. Revenue generated through product sales and service fees at multiple branch locations.
- Energy Products: Sale of propane, gasoline (transitioning to E-15 blend), diesel, fuel cards, and energy rewards programs (Home Run Energy Rewards Program). Propane delivery and contracting services for residential and agricultural customers in Nebraska and Kansas. Multiple C-Stores provide retail fuel and convenience store revenue.
- Feed Products: Cattle feed supplements, mineral products, preconditioning programs, and Purina animal nutrition products. Services include feed delivery, cattle nutrition consulting, protein tub trials, and mineral trials. Revenue from product sales and service delivery across feed mill locations.
- Tire & Lubricant Products & Services: Sale of agricultural, truck, and passenger tires; mobile tire service; tire financing options; lubricants including diesel engine oil, DEF, coolant, and bulk lubricant storage solutions. Revenue from product sales, service labor, and mobile service callouts across multiple tire center locations.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Grain Cash Bids - publicly available real-time pricing |
| Other | Multi-year contract | Low-Carbon Fertilizer Pilot - corn growers in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels6 records
Farmers Cooperative product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Farmers Cooperative is a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative that provides member-owners with grain marketing and storage services, agronomy inputs and precision agriculture services, propane and refined fuels, livestock feed and nutrition, agricultural tires, and lubricants. Revenue is generated through sale of physical inputs (seed, fertilizer, chemicals, tires, fuel, feed, lubricants) and service fees for grain origination, custom application, soil sampling, drone scouting, mobile tire mounting, and feed nutrition consulting delivered through physical branch locations across southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas.
Product overview
Farmers Cooperative is a Nebraska-based farmer-owned agricultural cooperative offering a diversified portfolio of products and services organized around six core divisions: Grain (cash bids, futures/options, grain handling and shuttle loading facilities), Agronomy (seed, fertilizer, crop protection, Skytech drone services), Precision Ag (ProFarm data services, grid soil sampling, FC Weather station network), Energy (propane, gasoline including E-15, diesel, C-Stores), Feed (Purina-backed cattle nutrition and supplements), and Tires & Lubricants (tire sales, on-farm service, United Lubricants products). The cooperative also provides a Customer Portal and MyGrower app for account management. Services are delivered through multiple Nebraska locations, with a major new grain shuttle loading facility under construction near Pawnee City.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- MyGrower Portal: Customer portal for growers to manage accounts, view grain cash bids, access invoices, and handle contracts digitally.
- Home Run Energy Rewards Program
- Skytech
- ProFarm
- FC Weather
- Cardtrol
- WinField United
Products and services
- Grain marketing and storage Cash grain bids, futures and options trading, risk management programs, shuttle loading, and grain storage across multiple origination locations and a new 3.7M-bushel shuttle loading facility near Pawnee City. Targets farmer member-owners marketing corn, soybeans, wheat, milo, and specialty crops in southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas.
- Agronomy products and services Sale of seed, fertilizer, and crop protection chemicals along with crop scouting and custom application services for farmer member-owners across multiple branch agronomy locations.
- Skytech drone services Drone-based aerial imaging, crop scouting, and precision fungicide application for farmer member-owners in the cooperative's trade territory.
- ProFarm precision agriculture service Service program that helps farmers use data from precision-ag equipment technology to make whole-farm management decisions across planting, fertility, and harvest planning.
- Grid soil sampling Precision soil sampling service that tests pH, Buffer pH, CEC, Base Saturation, Soluble Salts, Organic Matter, Nitrate-Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Sulfur, Zinc, Iron, Manganese, and Copper to enable variable-rate fertilizer application.
- Energy products (propane, gasoline, diesel, C-Stores) Propane delivery and contracting, gasoline (transitioning to E-15), diesel, fuel cards, and C-Store retail for farm operators and rural residential customers in Nebraska and Kansas.
- Home Run Energy Rewards Program Loyalty rewards program offering producers additional value from propane, gasoline, diesel, and related energy products purchased through Farmers Cooperative.
- SNL 87 E-15 gasoline Refined-fuel offering transitioning from SNL 87 E-10 to SNL 87 gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol for improved fuel efficiency.
- Feed and cattle nutrition products Cattle feed supplements, mineral products, preconditioning programs, protein tub trials, and Purina animal nutrition products with feed delivery and nutrition consulting for cattle producers.
- Tire sales and mobile service Sale of agricultural, truck, and passenger tires; mobile tire service; tire financing; mounting and balancing; and on-farm tire installation by TIA-certified technicians across the cooperative's tire center locations.
- Lubricants and DEF Sale of diesel engine oils, antifreeze/coolant, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), and bulk lubricant storage solutions with metered dispenser guns, pumps, and reels sourced through United Lubricants and distributed across over 30 stocking locations.
- Customer Portal (MyGrower) Web-based customer portal enabling grain cash bids and settlements viewing in real-time, access to invoices, contracts, tickets, and statements, online invoice payment, banking info management, eSign contract execution, purchase history tracking, prepay/booking management, and team communication.
- Low-carbon fertilizer supply chain program Distribution of low-carbon ammonia fertilizer from CF Industries' Donaldsonville Complex to corn growers, with carbon-intensity certification tracked through to POET ethanol production for lower-carbon ethanol. Targets corn growers in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska.
- FC Weather station network Network of local weather stations providing real-time and historical data on air and soil temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation, solar radiation, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure for agricultural decision-making.
- Pawnee City grain shuttle loading facility New state-of-the-art grain shuttle loading facility near Pawnee City featuring 3.7 million bushels of storage capacity, four concrete tubes (820,000 bushels each), a 110-car shuttle shipper on BNSF railroad, and 4 x 20,000 bu/hr grain pits with independent receiving legs.
Quantifiable outcome
- Reduced fertilizer costs through grid sampling by preventing over-application in high-nutrient zones and ensuring adequate application in low-nutrient zones
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Companies that use Farmers Cooperative
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Farmers Cooperative technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Farmers Cooperative partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- CF Industries HoldingscoreFarmers Cooperative is one of several agricultural cooperatives (alongside WinField United, NuWay-K&H, and New Cooperative) participating in a pilot project with CF Industries and POET to develop a low-carbon fertilizer supply chain linking CF Industries' low-carbon ammonia — produced at its Donaldsonville Complex by capturing and permanently storing CO2 emissions — to corn growers, with POET using the resulting corn to produce lower-carbon ethanol. The consortium completed its first distribution and application of low-carbon ammonia fertilizer in fall 2025. POET expects to produce an estimated 5–6 million gallons of lower-carbon ethanol from corn grown using the low-carbon fertilizer.
- POETcorePOET, the world's largest biofuel producer, partnered with CF Industries and agricultural cooperatives including Farmers Cooperative to launch a low-carbon fertilizer supply chain pilot. POET receives corn grown with low-carbon ammonia fertilizer from participating farmers and uses it to produce an estimated 5–6 million gallons of lower-carbon intensity ethanol. The pilot tracks carbon intensity certification from production through to ethanol output.
- WinField UnitedcoreWinField United logo appears on the Farmers Cooperative website as a partner, indicating a product sourcing and distribution relationship for agronomy inputs including seed and crop protection products. WinField United is an agronomy solutions provider and subsidiary of Land O'Lakes.
- Land O'LakescoreFarmers Cooperative is a member-owner of the Land O'Lakes cooperative network. The partnership includes participation in Land O'Lakes Foundation matching donations for community programs ($40,000 matched by Land O'Lakes Foundation), the First Run Program food donation initiative, and the AgRogue Growth Partners agricultural technology investment coalition.
- New CooperativeminorNew Cooperative is one of the four agricultural cooperatives participating in the CF Industries and POET low-carbon fertilizer pilot alongside Farmers Cooperative, WinField United, and NuWay-K&H.
- NuWay-K&H CooperativeminorNuWay-K&H Cooperative is one of the four agricultural cooperatives participating in the CF Industries and POET low-carbon fertilizer pilot alongside Farmers Cooperative, WinField United, and New Cooperative.
- CHS Inc.minorCHS Inc. is a vendor partner collaborating with Farmers Cooperative on the Community Grant Program, providing matching funds for eligible community projects submitted by 501(c)(3) charities, schools, and units of government within Farmers Cooperative's trade territory. CHS matching funds are subject to fund availability and are evaluated based on community impact.
- Alabama Farmers CooperativeminorAlabama Farmers Cooperative joined Land O'Lakes in launching AgRogue Growth Partners, an initiative that will invest up to $7 million in each of 10 to 15 companies focused on agricultural technology innovation. The coalition also includes GreenPoint Ag and four additional retail co-ops from Indiana, Nebraska, and Minnesota, managed by Radicle Growth. Farmers Cooperative participates as one of the Nebraska retail co-ops in the coalition.
- Purina Animal NutritioncoreFarmers Cooperative operates a feed division offering Purina Animal Nutrition products including cattle feed supplements, preconditioning programs, mineral products, and protein tub trials. Intern programs include Purina feed sales and feed operations internships. The partnership includes on-farm mineral trials and fly control studies conducted with Purina products. Purina supplies Accuration, Precon, Stress Care 5, and other nutrition products.
- BNSF RailwaycoreBNSF Railway provides rail transportation services for Farmers Cooperative's grain shuttle loading operations. The new Pawnee City facility includes a 110-car shuttle shipper on the BNSF railroad, enabling efficient grain transport to domestic and export markets including the Texas Gulf and Pacific Northwest.
- United LubricantsminorFarmers Cooperative distributes United Lubricants products including diesel engine oils (United Super Premium Fleet with shear-stable viscosity modifier), antifreeze/coolant, and related lubricants. Brian Irwin serves as Lubricants Manager for Farmers Cooperative. United Lubricants products are tested at every step of the manufacturing process.
- United CoolantsminorFarmers Cooperative partners with United Coolants to provide cooling system solutions. As noted by Farmers Cooperative's Lubricants Manager Brian Irwin, 40% of all engine failures can be linked to cooling system issues, and United Coolants products address this through properly formulated antifreeze/coolant formulations.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Farmers Cooperative competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- CHS Inc. CHS Inc. is the largest U.S. agricultural cooperative, operating energy, agronomy, grain, and food businesses nationally. It is comparable to Farmers Cooperative as a multi-divisional farmer-owned cooperative model with grain origination and agronomy input distribution at scale.
- Land O'Lakes: Land O'Lakes is a member-owned agricultural cooperative that owns WinField United agronomy and participates in community/foundation programs with member co-ops. Farmers Cooperative is a member-owner of Land O'Lakes and benefits from its agronomy input sourcing, so it is a close cooperative-network peer.
- WinField United: WinField United is the agronomy solutions subsidiary of Land O'Lakes that supplies seed, crop protection, and precision ag technology to retail cooperatives including Farmers Cooperative. It is a direct channel partner and a comparable crop-input solutions provider in the same member-cooperative ecosystem.
Direct peers
- New Cooperative: New Cooperative is an Iowa-based farmer-owned cooperative that is co-participating with Farmers Cooperative in the CF Industries and POET low-carbon fertilizer pilot. Both serve row-crop farmers with grain, agronomy, and energy offerings, making New Cooperative a direct structural peer.
- NuWay-K&H Cooperative: NuWay-K&H is a Minnesota-based agricultural cooperative that is also a co-participant in the low-carbon fertilizer pilot alongside Farmers Cooperative. Its grain, agronomy, and energy service mix parallels Farmers Cooperative's offerings in the upper Midwest.
- GreenPoint Ag: GreenPoint Ag is a farmer-owned retail agronomy cooperative and fellow AgRogue Growth Partners coalition member with Farmers Cooperative. Its crop input and agronomy service focus makes it directly comparable on the agronomy input side of the business.
- Growmark: Growmark is a large regional farmer-owned cooperative providing grain, agronomy, energy, and tire services across the Midwest. Its full-service cooperative model with FS-branded inputs is structurally analogous to Farmers Cooperative's grain/agronomy/energy offering.
- Heartland Co-op: Heartland Co-op is an Iowa-based farmer-owned cooperative offering grain, agronomy, and feed services to row-crop farmers. Its Iowa trade territory overlaps conceptually with Farmers Cooperative's Nebraska/Kansas footprint and the multi-divisional structure is highly comparable.
- Frontier Cooperative: Frontier Cooperative is a Nebraska-based farmer-owned cooperative serving row-crop farmers with grain handling, agronomy, energy, and feed divisions. It is among the closest geographic and structural peers to Farmers Cooperative within the state.
Regional players
- Alabama Farmers Cooperative: Alabama Farmers Cooperative is another Land O'Lakes-aligned retail co-op that co-launched AgRogue Growth Partners alongside Farmers Cooperative. While regionally focused on the southeastern U.S., the cooperative structure, agronomy supply model, and venture strategy are directly comparable.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles23 records
Farmers Cooperative funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
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Investors
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Farmers Cooperative M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Farmers Cooperative
What does Farmers Cooperative do?
Farmers Cooperative is a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative that provides member-owners with grain marketing and storage services, agronomy inputs and precision agriculture services, propane and refined fuels, livestock feed and nutrition, agricultural tires, and lubricants. Revenue is generated through sale of physical inputs (seed, fertilizer, chemicals, tires, fuel, feed, lubricants) and service fees for grain origination, custom application, soil sampling, drone scouting, mobile tire mounting, and feed nutrition consulting delivered through physical branch locations across southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas.
Is Farmers Cooperative a public or private company?
Farmers Cooperative is a private company. It is classified as management employee owned and is currently operating.
When was Farmers Cooperative founded?
Farmers Cooperative was founded in 1903. It employs 251 to 500 people.
Where is Farmers Cooperative based?
Farmers Cooperative is headquartered in Dorchester, United States, in the North America region.
How does Farmers Cooperative make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Grain Marketing & Storage is the primary driver. The others are agronomy Products & Services, energy Products, feed Products and tire & Lubricant Products & Services.
Who are Farmers Cooperative's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are CHS Inc., Land O'Lakes and WinField United. Direct peers are New Cooperative, NuWay-K&H Cooperative, GreenPoint Ag, Growmark, Heartland Co-op and Frontier Cooperative. Alabama Farmers Cooperative is listed as a regional player.
Does Farmers Cooperative have an API?
No public API is recorded for Farmers Cooperative.
What industry is Farmers Cooperative in?
Farmers Cooperative's product category is Agricultural Cooperative Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFABAJAB, Farmer Cooperatives & Co-op Retail, with a secondary code of AFABAJAA, Farm Supply Retail (Independent Dealers). Its NAICS code is 42491 and its SIC code is 700.