Boone Valley Coop

Successor/Parent History: The history of Ag Processing Inc (AGP) begins in 1983. At that time, Land O’Lakes, Farmland Industries, and Boone Valley Cooperative Processing Association entered into a joint venture agreement to form one cooperative soybean processing company. The joint venture was formalized into an Iowa cooperative company and took the name Ag Processing Inc (AGP). Over thirty years later, AGP is the largest cooperative soybean processing company in the world. Today, AGP is a growing and successful company that employs approximately 1,100 people and markets U.S. agricultural products around the world.

Soy far, soy good for Ag Processing (AGP), the largest farmer-owned soybean processor in the world, and roughly the fourth-largest soybean processor in the US based on capacity. It purchases and processes more than 5.5 million acres of members' soybeans per year. The farmer-owned cooperative is also a leading supplier of refined vegetable oil in the US. It procures, processes, markets, and transports grains and grain products, ranging from human food ingredients to livestock feed to renewable fuels. AGP is owned by about 180 local and regional cooperatives and represents more than 250,000 farmers in 15 states throughout the US.

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