southeast farmers coop

What southeast farmers coop does

Southeast Farmers Cooperative (SFC), founded in 1906 and headquartered in Burbank (Spink), South Dakota, is a member-owned agricultural cooperative serving farmers, business owners, and home owners across southeastern South Dakota. It operates four integrated business lines — Grain, Agronomy, Precision Agriculture, and Energy — through five physical locations at Spink, Beresford, Centerville, Meckling, and a terminal in Elk Point. The cooperative provides grain marketing and storage services with access to local and export markets via a BNSF shuttle loader; a full agronomy offering including fertilizer, crop protection, seed (DEKALB, Asgrow, AgriGold), and custom application; precision agriculture services built on Climate FieldView, Variable Rate Technology, and ChrysaLabs soil probes; and Cenex-branded fuels, lubricants, propane, and DEF delivered across the territory, supported by three 24/7 Cardtrol fuel pumps.

Revenue is generated primarily through transactional margins on grain purchases and sales, agronomy product and custom-application fees, and energy product distribution under pay-as-you-go, prepaid, and contracted pricing. The company monetizes digital channels including the Barchart-powered Southeast Marketplace, the AgVision Anytime Southeast Connect account portal, and SMS cash-bid alerts via AgHost, alongside its field-based delivery and application operations. Southeast Farmers Coop grew through multiple mergers — including the 1997 formation of Southeast Farmers Elevator Coop and the 2013 merger with FCE Beresford plus the Hefty Grain Company facility acquisition — and via successive capital investments that increased storage capacity and receiving throughput at every primary location, with FY2022 cited as the cooperative's best year yet.

Name

southeast farmers coop

Legal name

Southeast Farmers Cooperative

Website

https://southeastfarmers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1906

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Southeast Farmers Cooperative is a member-owned agricultural cooperative serving farmers, businesses, and residents of southeastern South Dakota with grain marketing, agronomy, precision agriculture, and Cenex energy products across five locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Cooperative Services

NAICS

Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (115112), Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240), Corn Farming (11115)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Farmer Cooperatives & Co-op Retail (AFABAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Harvesting & Combining Services (Grain, Oilseed, Row Crop) (AFACAAAD)

Keywords

• Agricultural cooperative
• Grain marketing
• Agronomy services
• Precision agriculture
• Propane and fuels

Headquarters

HQ city

Burbank

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Operations

Revenue model

1. Grain Marketing & Handling: The cooperative purchases grain (corn and soybeans) from farmer members at competitive bids, stores it in modern facilities, and markets it through local and global markets including export via shuttle loader on BNSF Railroad at Elk Point, and local soybean crushing plants and corn processors. Revenue is generated through margins on grain purchases and sales, basis contracts, and grain handling fees.
2. Agronomy Products & Services: Full line of agronomy products including fertilizer (dry, liquid, anhydrous), crop protection products (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides), seed (DEKALB corn, Asgrow soybeans, AgriGold), and seed treatments. Services include custom application, precision ag prescriptions, and crop scouting. Revenue is generated through product margins and service fees.
3. Energy Products: Cenex branded fuels (Ruby Fieldmaster diesel, Roadmaster XL highway diesel, TOP TIER gasoline), lubricants, DEF, and propane. Products are sold with bulk delivery throughout the territory. Three Cardtrol fuel pumps operate 24/7 in Elk Point, Spink, and Beresford. Propane services include keep-full programs, budget pay options, and tank leasing. Revenue from fuel, lubricant, and propane product sales and delivery services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Southeast Farmers Coop is a member-owned agricultural cooperative that purchases, stores, and markets grain (corn and soybeans) for farmer members; sells fertilizer, crop protection products, and seed; delivers precision agriculture prescriptions and custom application services; and distributes Cenex fuels, lubricants, and propane through bulk delivery, retail pumps, and tank leasing across southeastern South Dakota.

Product overview

Southeast Farmers Coop is a member-owned agricultural cooperative offering a multi-product portfolio organized into four core business lines: Grain Services (marketing, storage, and contracts), Agronomy Products and Services (fertilizer, crop protection, seed, and application), Precision Ag Services (variable rate technology, soil analysis, and field data management), and Energy Products (Cenex fuels, lubricants, propane, and DEF). The cooperative operates an integrated service model where grain, agronomy, and energy divisions share facilities and customers across southeastern South Dakota. Key platforms include Southeast Marketplace (Barchart-powered grain marketplace) and Southeast Connect (customer portal), while precision agriculture services leverage Climate FieldView and Variable Rate Technology across all application equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grain Services Grain marketing and storage services including competitive cash bids, shuttle loader access to export markets via BNSF Railroad, grain contracts (cash, basis, min/max, price builder bonus), on-farm grain pickup, and market commentary for corn and soybean producers.
• Agronomy Products and Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 85,000 bushels/hour dump capacity during harvest at Elk Point terminal
• +5 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CenexcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSoutheast Farmers Coop is a distributor of Cenex branded fuels (Ruby Fieldmaster diesel, Roadmaster XL), lubricants, and related products. Cenex is a well-established rural energy brand owned by CHS Inc. The cooperative offers Cenex premium diesel, TOP TIER gasoline, QwikLift HTB hydraulic oil, Maxtron 15/40 diesel engine oil, and the full line of Cenex lubricants. Cenex Total Protection Plan warranty (up to 10 years/10,000 hours) is available through the cooperative.
• BarchartcoreTechnology or IntegrationSoutheast Farmers Coop uses Barchart's cmdtyView platform to power its grain cash bids, futures data, grower portal, and Southeast Marketplace. Barchart provides real-time and delayed market data, contract management, and mobile app integration. The platform enables farmers to view bids, manage offers, and access market commentary directly through the cooperative's digital ecosystem.
• The Climate Corporation (Bayer)coreTechnology or IntegrationSoutheast Farmers Coop utilizes Climate FieldView for precision agriculture data collection, analysis, field imagery, planting prescriptions, and nitrogen management. The platform enables farmers to view planting data, build variable-rate prescriptions, utilize field imagery for scouting, and access weather information. FieldView Drive allows data transfer directly from John Deere or Case IH equipment.
• DEKALB, Asgrow, AgriGold (Seed Brands)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSoutheast Farmers Coop represents multiple seed brands — DEKALB (corn), Asgrow (soybeans), and AgriGold — to provide farmers with a selection of genetics suited to local field conditions in southeastern South Dakota. Seed is sold alongside agronomic advice and seed treatment services.
• AgVision Anytime (Southeast Connect)coreTechnology or IntegrationSoutheast Connect (powered by AgVision Anytime) is the cooperative's customer portal allowing members to manage their accounts online. The portal is accessed via a dedicated URL with site ID for the cooperative, providing account access, contract management, and billing information.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cargill: Cargill is a global agricultural commodity trader and processor with significant U.S. grain origination that competes for southeastern South Dakota corn and soybeans alongside cooperative elevators.
• GROWMARK: GROWMARK is a large Midwestern agricultural cooperative providing grain, agronomy, energy, and FS-branded crop inputs across a multi-state footprint — overlapping capabilities but at significantly larger scale and broader geography.
• Bunge: Bunge is a global agribusiness and grain trading company with major U.S. grain origination and soybean processing presence that competes for southeastern South Dakota farm gate deliveries.
• CHS Inc. CHS Inc. is the largest U.S. agricultural cooperative and the parent of the Cenex fuel brand that Southeast Farmers Coop distributes. It operates grain handling, agronomy, and energy at national scale and is both a critical supply partner and a competitor in the same grain flows.
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): ADM is one of the world's largest agricultural processors and grain originators, operating domestic crushing plants and export terminals that compete with cooperative-originated grain in the same Corn Belt supply chain.

Direct peers

• NEW Cooperative: NEW Cooperative is a member-owned grain and agronomy cooperative operating across western Iowa, directly comparable in cooperative structure, multi-location footprint, grain handling + agronomy + feed mix, and corn/soybean customer base.
• WinField United (Land O'Lakes): WinField United is the crop inputs and agricultural insights arm of Land O'Lakes cooperative, providing agronomy products, seed, and precision ag content that Southeast Farmers Coop resells and distributes to its farmer members.
• Agtegra Cooperative: Agtegra is a member-owned agricultural cooperative serving northeastern South Dakota and north-central North Dakota with grain, agronomy, energy, and precision ag services — the closest geographic and structural analog to Southeast Farmers Coop.

Regional players

• Country Partners Cooperative: Country Partners Cooperative is a Nebraska-based farmer-owned cooperative offering grain, agronomy, energy, and feed services — comparable in cooperative structure and product mix but serving a different geographic territory.
• Heartland Co-op: Heartland Co-op is an Iowa-based member-owned agricultural cooperative with grain, agronomy, and energy operations serving central Iowa farmers — similar cooperative model and product mix, with comparable scale but in a different Corn Belt geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/southeast-farmers-elevator

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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