Cooperativa Guillermo Lehmann

What Cooperativa Guillermo Lehmann does

Cooperativa Guillermo Lehmann is a member-owned Argentine agricultural cooperative headquartered in Pilar, Santa Fe Province, founded in 1908 and operating for 117 years. It serves agricultural and livestock producers across Santa Fe through five integrated business divisions: cattle consignment (handling approximately 60% of regional cattle flows), animal nutrition (producing feed for approximately 160,000 head daily), grain storage and commercialization (approximately 40% of regional grain production), agricultural inputs distributed under exclusive regional agreements, and seed production (45 years of experience). The cooperative operates 13 physical branches spanning Santa Fe's primary agricultural corridors, including Rafaela, Santa Fe, San Cristóbal, Suardi, Sarmiento, and Brinkmann, and runs one of the region's longest-standing livestock auctions at Sarmiento, reaching 50 years in 2026.

The cooperative's revenue mechanics are built on a mix of consignment commissions on cattle, storage and handling fees on grain, sales of proprietary animal feed, distribution margins on agro-inputs, and seed sales — a multi-vertical transaction model typical of large agricultural cooperatives. Member-owners are simultaneously customers, suppliers, and equity holders, with surpluses distributed according to patronage. The cooperative has layered a digital ecosystem on top of its physical branch network: MiLehmann (mobile application), Physis (digital platform), and Pulso Lehmann (market intelligence service). These tools appear to be conventional transaction and information platforms rather than AI-driven products. Geographic reach is concentrated within Santa Fe Province, with selective auction participation extending to Buenos Aires via Rosgan Palermo, but no disclosed international or national-scale operations.

Strategically, the cooperative's position rests on distribution density across Santa Fe, multi-decade brand trust, and structural share in regional cattle and grain flows. There are no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, leadership changes, or external investors — consistent with a stable, member-governed cooperative rather than a venture-backed growth vehicle. The principal competitive question is whether its physical-branch and regional-share moat can be defended against digital-native agribusiness entrants that may deploy AI, dynamic pricing, and direct-to-producer platforms to disintermediate traditional cooperative intermediaries.

Name

Cooperativa Guillermo Lehmann

Legal name

Cooperativa Guillermo Lehmann

Website

https://cooperativalehmann.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

1908

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cooperativa Guillermo Lehmann is a 117-year-old member-owned agricultural cooperative in Santa Fe, Argentina, operating cattle consignment (60% regional share), grain storage (40% share), animal nutrition, agro-input distribution, and seed production across 13 branches for regional producers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Cooperative Services

NAICS

Livestock Merchant Wholesalers (424520), Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (424590)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

TMR/Complete Rations & Pelleted Ruminant Feeds (AFADAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Energy & Grain-Based Ruminant Feeds (Corn, Barley, High-Energy Blends) (AFADAAAH)

Keywords

• Agricultural cooperative
• Livestock consignment
• Grain commercialization
• Animal nutrition products
• Agroinput distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Pilar

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consignación de Hacienda: Cattle consignment and commercialization services. The cooperative sells cattle on behalf of producers, charging commissions on transactions. They market 6 out of 10 heads of cattle commercialized in their region.
2. Nutrición Animal: Animal nutrition products manufacturing and distribution. They feed 160,000 animals daily with their products.
3. Acopio de granos: Grain storage and commercialization services. They commercialize 40% of grains produced in their area of influence.
4. Agroinsumos: Distribution of agricultural inputs including seeds, fertilizers, and crop protection products. They are exclusive distributors of leading agroinput brands.
5. Semillero: Seed production and distribution with 45 years of experience.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cooperativa Guillermo Lehmann is an Argentine agricultural cooperative providing integrated agricultural commerce and production services to producers in Santa Fe province. Its core business lines are livestock consignment and auction services, grain storage and commercialization, animal nutrition products, agroinput distribution as an exclusive dealer of leading brands, and seed production. The cooperative serves as a one-stop channel for members to sell their cattle and grain and to procure farming inputs.

Product overview

Cooperativa Guillermo Lehmann is an Argentine agricultural cooperative offering a portfolio of five interconnected business lines: livestock consignment and auction services (handling 60% of regional cattle sales), animal nutrition products (feeding 160,000 animals daily), grain storage and commercialization (handling 40% of regional grain production), agrochemical distribution as exclusive brand dealers, and seed production with 45 years of experience. The cooperative also provides digital account management through its Physis web platform and market intelligence through its Pulso Lehmann reporting service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consignación de Hacienda Livestock consignment and auction service for agricultural and livestock producers. The cooperative facilitates the sale of cattle on behalf of producers, commercializing 6 of every 10 heads traded in the region, and runs scheduled physical cattle auctions at multiple Santa Fe fairgrounds with live YouTube broadcast.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Brand Partners (Agroinsumos)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCooperativa Guillermo Lehmann serves as exclusive distributor for leading agroinput brands in their region. They distribute seeds, fertilizers, crop protection products and other agricultural inputs to producers in their area of influence.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas (ACA): ACA is Argentina's largest agricultural cooperative federation, pooling grain from member co-ops and distributing agroinputs. Directly comparable to Lehmann as a member-owned grain aggregator and input distributor in the Argentine pampas.
• Cooperativa Lar: Argentine agricultural cooperative operating grain elevators, agroinput distribution, and producer services in Buenos Aires province. Comparable grain-and-inputs co-op operating model in the pampas.
• AFA (Asociación de Farmers Argentinos): Argentine agricultural cooperative serving medium-scale grain producers with storage, commercialization, and input services. Comparable member-owned model and grain/inputs focus to Lehmann.
• Grupo SanCor (Sancor Cooperativas Unidas): Large Argentine dairy and food cooperative with member-owned structure and multi-business operations (dairy, livestock, consumer products). Comparable as a diversified member-owned Argentine agricultural cooperative.
• FECOAGRO (Federación de Cooperativas Agrícolas): Federation of Argentine agricultural cooperatives coordinating grain commercialization, logistics, and inputs. Comparable as a cooperative aggregator serving the same producer base as Lehmann.
• Cotagro Cooperativa Agropecuaria: Córdoba-based agricultural cooperative offering grain storage, agroinput distribution, animal nutrition, and producer services. Closely mirrors Lehmann's multi-line co-op model in an adjacent Argentine province.
• Rosgan (Mercado Ganadero S.A.): Argentine televised cattle auction platform in which Lehmann already participates as a consignor. Directly comparable as a competing channel for livestock commercialization and remate broadcasts.

Broad incumbents

• Bunge Argentina: Global agribusiness with grain origination, processing, and agroinput distribution in Argentina. Competes with Lehmann for producer volumes and provides adjacent services.
• Louis Dreyfus Company Argentina: Major multinational grain originator and agricultural merchandiser active in Argentina. Overlaps with Lehmann's grain commercialization and livestock value chains at a much larger scale.
• Cargill Argentina: Argentine arm of global grain trader and agricultural inputs distributor. Competes with Lehmann for grain origination and provides broader portfolio of services to producers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cooperativaguillermolehmann
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-lehmann

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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