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About West
Central®
West Central is a full service, farmer owned cooperative with a
nationwide and international presence. Currently, West Central
is one of the 20 largest grain companies in the United States
with 3,148 stockholders, and inbound grain of 80.9 million
bushels in 2006. The company is a full service agronomy inputs
provider, and further processes soybeans into a variety of value
added products. These products include SoyPLUS®,
SoyChlor®, and other livestock nutritional products.
Annual Operations:
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West Central employs over
200 people
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The cooperative markets over
80 million bushels of grain
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West Central’s agronomy
department processes 150,000 bushels of seed beans for various
seed companies
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Over 23,000 units of seed
corn and 100,000 units of seed beans are marketed through West
Central’s seed department
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Annually, the agronomy
department sees $25 million in agronomy retail products and
services business
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Over 80,000 tons of feed is
processed at West Central
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West Central’s soy processing
division processes over nine million bushels of soybeans into
value-added agricultural products such as SoyPLUS and SoyChlor
In 2008, West Central is
celebrating 75 years in business, having been incorporated in 1933. Cooperative
headquarters are currently located in Ralston, Iowa.
What is a
cooperative?
A cooperative is a company that is owned by the members it
serves. More than 3,000 farmers have paid a one-time $100
membership fee to own stock in West Central cooperative.
Earnings are distributed annually to members in the form of
dividends. Dividends are based on the amount of business a
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