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COOPERATIVES BUILD A BETTER WORLD 2015 NCB CO-OP 100 COOPERATIVES Now is the time to learn, share BUILD A BETTER and support cooperative business. they deserve and increase recognition for We saw three new additions to the Top cooperatives worldwide. Now is the time 100 list - Affiliated Foods, Inc at number WORLD to learn, share and support cooperative 37, Equity Cooperative Livestock at business. number 80 and Cobb Electric Membership Corporation at 96. In addition we also saw Together we are strong. In the U.S. alone 13 new CEOs in 2014 that will lead their there are 120 million co-op members, co-ops to future growth & advancement. 2.1 million employees and 140 million And now is the time for us in co-op customers. We just need to work Personally, I challenge all co-ops to live together and spread the message. principle #6 and work together to enhance the cooperative community to our brand and message, for us to educate highlight the impact we make NCB’s Co-op 100 list is just one way we our friends, family, employees & others connect with the co-op community and and educate everyone about about the different co-ops that exist in the audiences nationwide to communicate U.S. and for all of us to go co-op - since what co-ops do for community. and educate on the cooperative model we truely do build a better world. and the impact these businesses make in Through a new initiative, Cooperatives for a our economy. In 2014, the top 100 cooperatives generated $243.2 billion in Chuck Snyder Better World, Howard Brodsky Co-Founder & President & CEO revenue, an increase of 4.1% from 2013. Learn more about co-ops at Co-Chief Executive Officer of CCA Global buildingabetterworldnow.coop National Cooperative Bank Partners, is chairing this challenge to all of us to educate and communicate the power of cooperatives. How does your co-op build a better world? We know that the cooperative business model Every day, we come to work with the mission of adding value to the cotton grown by our members. For more than 60 years, helps strengthen communities, empower PCCA has been at the forefront in developing the world’s leading cotton marketing and warehousing strategies, business people and build a better world. But, not practices, and information technology to supply high-quality U.S. cotton to textile mills worldwide. ‘Grounded in Tradition, everyone understands what cooperatives do Invested in Your Future’ is more than a slogan at PCCA. It’s the philosophy that will keep us competitive for decades to come. and how they can make the world a better place. Kevin Brinkley | President & CEO | Plains Cotton Cooperative Association Now is the time to give cooperatives the credit WHAT IS A CO-OP? ONE OUT OF THREE KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON Once a consumer understands what a co-op Did you know that one Did you know that 75% the United States is % is they are 78% more likely to choose the out of every three Americans % served by electric co-ops? 78 cooperative over another business. is a member of a cooperative? 75 The 2015 NCB Co-op 100 List* Ranked by Revenue in Millions of Dollars Each year, the NCB Co-op 100 announces the top 100 cooperatives in America; highlighting the business activity and economic power of these member-owned, member-controlled businesses. The only annual report of its kind, the NCB Co-op 100 is an important indicator of THE cooperative business activity across the country. LIST RANK REVENUE ASSETS ‘14 ‘13 COOPERATIVE NAME WEBSITE 2014 2013 2014 2013 INDUSTRY PRESIDENT/CEO CITY/STATE 1 1 CHS Inc. chsinc.com 42,664 44,480 15,147 13,504 Agriculture Carl Casale Saint Paul, MN 2 3 Dairy Farmers of America dfamilk.com 17,918 12,899 3,404 2,641 Agriculture Rick Smith Kansas City, MO 3 2 Land O'Lakes, Inc. landolakesinc.com 14,966 14,236 6,992 6,758 Agriculture Christopher J. Policinski Saint Paul, MN 4 4 Wakefern Food Corp./ShopRite wakefern.com 11,871 11,456 1,611 1,605 Grocery Joseph Colalillo Keasbey, NJ 5 5 GROWMARK, Inc. growmark.com 10,372 10,171 2,459 2,366 Agriculture Jim Spradin Bloomington, IL 6 6 Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc awginc.com 8,934 8,380 1,363 1,359 Grocery Jerry Garland Kansas City, KS 7 8 HealthPartners Inc. healthpartners.com 5,505 5,223 4,264 3,886 Healthcare Mary Brainerd Bloomington, MN 8 7 Ag Processing Inc. agp.com 5,081 5,670 1,376 1,348 Agriculture Keith Spackler Omaha, NE 9 9 ACE Hardware Corp. acehardware.com 4,701 4,154 1,657 1,389 Hardware/Lumber John Venhuizen Oak Brook, IL 10 10 California Dairies, Inc. californiadairies.com 4,640 3,857 1,112 894 Agriculture Andrei Mikhalevsky Visalia, CA 11 11 Navy Federal Credit Union navyfcu.org 4,172 3,721 63,646 55,531 Finance Culter Dawson Merrifield, VA 12 12 Unified Grocers, Inc unifiedgrocers.com 3,771 3,692 913 921 Grocery Robert M.Ling Commerce, CA 13 13 Group Health Cooperative ghc.org 3,684 3,662 2,003 1,833 Healthcare Scott Armstrong Seattle, WA 14 14 Do-it-Best Corp. doitbest.com 2,873 2,707 765 743 Hardware/Lumber Bob Taylor Fort Wayne, IN 15 17 National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc. nctconline.org 2,782 2,536 470 431 Energy & Comm. Rich Fickle Lenexa, KS 16 15 United Suppliers, Inc. unitedsuppliers.com 2,668 2,371 1,098 950 Agriculture Brad Oelmann Eldora, IA 17 16 Darigold darigold.com 2,593 2,464 644 633 Agriculture Jim Wegner Seattle, WA 18 21 Basin Electric Power Cooperative basinelectric.com 2,249 2,021 6,432 6,090 Energy & Comm. Paul Sukut Bismarck, ND 19 22 Recreational Equipment Inc. rei.com 2,217 2,017 1,433 1,326 Recreational Jerry Stritzke Sumner, WA 20 19 CoBank cobank.com 2,169 2,095 107,428 97,644 Finance Robert B. Engel Greenwood Village, CO 21 25 Associated Milk Producers, Inc ampi.com 2,158 1,784 312 300 Agriculture D. Develder/S. Meshke New Ulm, MN 22 18 Southern States Cooperative southernstates.coop 2,107 2,248 525 550 Agriculture Thomas R. Scribner Richmond, VA 23 35 True Value Corporation truevalue.coop 2,015 1,412 864 764 Hardware/Lumber John Hartmann Chicago, IL 24 26 Foremost Farms USA Cooperative foremostfarms.com 1,982 1,755 430 409 Agriculture Mike Doyle Baraboo, WI 25 20 Central Grocers Cooperative central-grocers.com 1,966 2,065 527 498 Grocery Ken Nemeth Franklin Park, IL 26 23 Associated Food Stores afstores.com 1,945 1,930 593 595 Grocery S. Neal Berube Salt Lake City, UT 27 27 Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. prairiefarmsdairy.com 1,879 1,721 738 727 Agriculture Edward L.Mullins Carlinville, IL 28 30 Ocean Spray oceanspray.com 1,655 1,659 1,712 1,584 Agriculture Randy C. Papadellis Middleboro, MA 29 28 Countrymark Cooperative Holding Corp. countrymark.com 1,635 1,681 742 670 Agriculture Charles E. Smith Indianapolis, IN 30 24 South Dakota Wheat Growers Association sdwg.com 1,526 1,872 658 654 Agriculture Dale Locken Aberdeen, SD 31 33 Agribank, FCB agribank.com 1,524 1,489 94,425 82,299 Finance L. William York Saint Paul, MN 32 41 UNIPRO Food Service, Inc. uniprofoodservice.com 1,520 1,239 85 81 Food Distribution Bob Stuart Atlanta, GA 33 36 MD & VA Milk Producers Cooperative Assn mdvamilk.com 1,520 1,373 164 165 Agriculture Jay Bryant Reston, VA 34 32 MFA Incorporated mfaincorporated.com 1,511 1,471 439 412 Agriculture Ernie Verslues Columbia, MO 35 44 Blue Diamond Growers bluediamond.com 1,493 1,196 478 410 Agriculture Mark D.Jansen Sacramento, CA 36 34 Affiliated Foods Midwest Co-op Inc. afmidwest.com 1,491 1,441 281 276 Grocery Martin W. Arter Norfolk, NE 37 Affiliated Foods, Inc. afiama.com 1,483 1,464 210 194 Grocery Randy Arceneaux Armillo, TX 38 37 MFA Oil Company mfaoil.com 1,475 1,305 409 392 Agriculture Jerry Taylor Columbia, MO 39 40 Oglethorpe Power Corporation opc.com 1,408 1,324 9,546 9,095 Energy & Comm. Michael L.Smith Tucker, GA 40 39 Tri-State G&T Association tristatepower.com 1,395 1,314 4,676 4,702 Energy & Comm. Michael McInnis Denver, CO 41 31 American Crystal Sugar Co. crystalsugar.com 1,388 1,603 833 951 Agriculture David A. Berg Moorhead, MN 42 43 Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. cepci.org 1,254 1,198 350 350 Energy & Comm. Robert Hochstetler Columbia, SC 43 52 Sunkist Growers, Inc. sunkist.com 1,234 1,047 212 215 Agriculture Russell L. Hanlin Sherman Oaks, CA 44 58 United Producers, Inc uproducers.com 1,225 1,001 52 36 Agriculture Dennis Bolling Columbus, OH 45 48 Great River Energy greatriverenergy.com 1,185 1,171 3,885 3,704 Energy & Comm. David Saggau Maple Grove, MN 46 38 Riceland Foods, Inc.** riceland.coop 1,162 1,315 562 579 Agriculture Karl D. Kennedy Stuttgart, AR 47 60 Michigan Milk Producers Association mimilk.com 1,153 957 203 173 Agriculture Ken Nobis Novi, MI 48 49 Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. aeci.org 1,142 1,082 2,956 2,988 Energy & Comm. James J. Jura Springfield, MO 49 61 Agri-Mark Inc./Cabot Creamery agrimark.coop 1,139 953 384 345 Agriculture Ed Townley Methuen, MA 50 42 Seminole Electric Cooperative seminole-electric.com 1,130 1,213 1,908 1,902 Energy & Comm.