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 cooperative business activity across the country.
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2010 Rank |
Cooperative Name Website |
2011 Revenue | 2010 Revenue | 2011 Assets | 2010 Assets | Industry | President/CEO City, State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue in Millions | $215,618 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | CHS Inc. www.chsinc.com |
36,916 | 25,268 | 12,217 | 8,666 | Agriculture | Carl Casale Saint Paul, MN |
| 2 | 4 | Dairy Farmers of America www.dfamilk.com |
13,013 | 9,880 | 2,295 | 2,165 | Agriculture | Rick Smith Kansas City, MO |
| 3 | 2 | Land O'Lakes, Inc. www.landolakesinc.com |
12,849 | 11,146 | 5,438 | 4,885 | Agriculture | Christopher J. Policinski Saint Paul, MN |
| 4 | 5 | Wakefern Food Corp. www.wakfern.com |
10,326 | 9,458 | 1,499 | 1,304 | Grocery | Joseph Colalillo Keasbey, NJ |
| 5 | 7 | GROWMARK, Inc. www.growmark.com |
8,597 | 6,132 | 2,631 | 1,876 | Agriculture | Jeff Solberg Bloomington, IL |
| 6 | 6 | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc www.awginc.com |
7,767 | 7,252 | 1,132 | 1,024 | Grocery | Jerry Garland Kansas City, KS |
| 7 | 12 | Ag Processing Inc. www.agp.com |
4,358 | 3,288 | 1,332 | 1,187 | Agriculture | Marty Reagan Omaha, NE |
| 8 | 10 | HealthPartners Inc. www.healthpartners.com |
3,859 | 3,578 | 2,290 | 1,893 | Healthcare | Mary Brainerd South Bloomington, MN |
| 9 | 8 | Unified Grocers, Inc www.unifiedgrocers.com |
3,848 | 3,921 | 924 | 928 | Grocery | Alfred A. Plamann Commerce, CA |
| 10 | 11 | ACE Hardware Corp. www.acehardware.com |
3,709 | 3,531 | 1,346 | 1,317 | Hardware & Lumber | Ray Griffith Oakbrook, IL |
| 11 | 15 | California Dairies, Inc. www.californiadairies.com |
3,639 | 2,963 | 809 | 678 | Agriculture | Richard Cotta Visalia, CA |
| 12 | 8 | Agribank, FCB www.agribank.com |
3,532 | 3,975 | 83,137 | 79,772 | Financial | L. William York Saint Paul, MN |
| 13 | 13 | Group Health Cooperative www.ghc.org |
3,494 | 3,197 | 1,779 | 1,655 | Healthcare | Scott Armstrong Seattle, WA |
| 14 | 14 | Navy Federal Credit Union www.navyfcu.org |
3,240 | 3,146 | 46,925 | 44,198 | Financial | Culter Dawson Merrifield, VA |
| 15 | 18 | Do-it-Best Corp. www.doitbest.com |
2,329 | 2,296 | 699 | 691 | Hardware & Lumber | Robert N. Taylor Fort Wayne, IN |
| 16 | 16 | Associated Wholesalers, Inc. www.awiweb.com |
2,287 | 2,471 | 241 | 252 | Grocery | J. Christopher Michael Robesonia, PA |
| 17 | 19 | National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc. www.cabletvcoop.org |
2,229 | 2,103 | 372 | 353 | Energy & Communications | Rich Fickile Lenexa, KS |
| 18 | 25 | Southern States Cooperative www.southernstates.coop |
2,075 | 1,692 | 545 | 500 | Agriculture | Thomas R. Scribner Richmond, VA |
| 19 | 27 | Darigold darigold |
2,070 | 1,649 | 579 | 496 | Agriculture | Jim Wegner Seattle, WA |
| 20 | 24 | Associated Milk Producers, Inc www.ampi.com |
1,979 | 1,709 | 324 | 287 | Agriculture | Ed Welch New Ulm, MN |
| 21 | 22 | Associated Food Stores www.afstores.com |
1,954 | 1,745 | 602 | 608 | Grocery | S. Neal Berube Salt Lake City, UT |
| 22 | 34 | United Suppliers, Inc. www.unitedsuppliers.com |
1,946 | 1,282 | 622 | 887 | Agriculture | Brad Oelmann Eldora, IA |
| 23 | 21 | Central Grocers Cooperative www.central-grocers.com |
1,913 | 1,787 | 392 | 376 | Grocery | James Denges Franklin Park, IL |
| 24 | 17 | CoBank www.cobank.com |
1,907 | 2,364 | 63,290 | 65,286 | Financial | Robert B. Engel Greenwood Village, CO |
| 25 | 51 | Plains Cotton Co-op Association www.pcca.com |
1,842 | 1,008 | 265 | 187 | Agriculture | Wally Darneille Lubbock, TX |
| 26 | 20 | True Value Corporation www.truevalue.coop |
1,804 | 1,865 | 729 | 693 | Hardware & Lumber | Lyle G. Heidemann Lubbock, IL |
| 27 | 26 | RC Equipment Inc. www.rei.com |
1,798 | 1,659 | 1,131 | 1,062 | Recreation | Sally Jewell Sumner, WA |
| 28 | 29 | Basin Electric Power Cooperative www.basinelectric.com |
1,706 | 1,541 | 5,741 | 5,285 | Energy & Communications | Andrew M. Serri Bismarck, ND |
| 29 | 33 | Foremost Farms USA Cooperative www.foremostfarms.com |
1,664 | 1,372 | 466 | 398 | Agriculture | David Fuhrmann Baraboo, WI |
| 30 | 28 | Ocean Spray www.oceanspray.com |
1,611 | 1,589 | 1,226 | 1,201 | Agriculture | Randy C. Papadellis Middleboro, MA |
| 31 | 30 | Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. www.prairiefarmsdairy.com |
1,607 | 1,505 | 715 | 684 | Agriculture | Edward Mullins Carlinville, IL |
| 32 | 43 | Countrymark Cooperative Holding Corp. www.countrymark.com |
1,563 | 1,123 | 555 | 417 | Agriculture | Charles E. Smith Indianapolis, IN |
| 33 | 39 | American Crystal Sugar Co. www.crystalsugar.com |
1,543 | 1,204 | 878 | 788 | Agriculture | David A. Berg Moorhead, MN |
| 34 | 23 | Ag First Farm Credit Bank www.agfirst.com |
1,425 | 1,739 | 32,511 | 33,350 | Financial | F.A. Lowrey Columbia, SC |
| 35 | 35 | Oglethorpe Power Corporation www.opc.com |
1,390 | 1,294 | 8,079 | 6,997 | Energy & Communications | Thomas A. Smith Tucker, GA |
| 36 | 49 | South Dakota Wheat Growers Assn. www.sdwg.com |
1,368 | 1,041 | 584 | 473 | Agriculture | Dale Locken Aberdeen, SD |
| 37 | 36 | Affiliated Foods Midwest Co-op Inc. www.afmidwest.com |
1,368 | 1,284 | 264 | 245 | Grocery | Martin W. Arter Norfolk, NE |
| 38 | 48 | MFA Incorporated www.mfaincorporated.com |
1,366 | 1,051 | 408 | 358 | Agriculture | Bill Streeter Columbia, MO |
| 39 | 37 | MD & VA Milk Producers Cooperative Assn www.mdvamilk.com |
1,362 | 1,219 | 159 | 158 | Agriculture | Jay Bryant Reston, VA |
| 40 | 45 | Dairylea Cooperative Inc. www.dairylea.com |
1,334 | 1,066 | 181 | 156 | Agriculture | Gregory I. Wickham Syracuse, NY |
| 41 | 40 | Affiliated Foods Inc. www.afiama.com |
1,328 | 1,190 | 168 | 152 | Grocery | Randy Arceneaux Amarillo, TX |
| 42 | 31 | Seminole Electric Cooperative www.seminole-electric.com |
1,292 | 1,459 | 1,790 | 1,845 | Energy & Communications | Timothy S. Woodbury Tampa, FL |
| 43 | -- | MFA Oil Company www.mfaoil.com |
1,276 | 1,032 | 383 | 335 | Agriculture | Jerry Taylor Columbia, MO |
| 44 | 65 | Farmers Cooperative Company www.fccoop.com |
1,198 | 780 | 546 | 330 | Agriculture | Roger Koppen Farnhamville, IA |
| 45 | 38 | Tri-State G&T Association www.tristatepower.com |
1,179 | 1,212 | 4,191 | 3,794 | Energy & Communications | Kenneth Anderson Westminster, CO |
| 46 | 41 | Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. www.cepci.org |
1,148 | 1,167 | 288 | 313 | Energy & Communications | Ron Calcaterra Columbia, SC |
| 47 | 42 | Riceland Foods, Inc. www.riceland.com |
1,108 | 1,132 | 574 | 480 | Agriculture | Karl D. Kennedy Stuttgart, AR |
| 48 | 47 | Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. www.aeci.org |
1,084 | 1,055 | 2,971 | 2,852 | Energy & Communications | James J. Jura Springfield, MO |
| 49 | 56 | United Producers, Inc www.uproducers.com |
1,040 | 870 | 40 | 38 | Agriculture | Dennis Bolling Columbus, OH |
| 50 | -- | Co-alliance www.co-alliance.com |
1,033 | 760 | 382 | 256 | Supply | Kevin Still Avon, IN |
| 51 | 86 | Innovative Ag Services Co. www.innovativeag.com |
1,026 | 609 | 250 | 117 | Agriculture | Jack Friedman Monticello, IA |
| 52 | 54 | State Employees Credit Union, Inc. www.ncsecu.org |
1,026 | 976 | 23,061 | 21,038 | Financial | James Blaine Raleigh, NC |
| 53 | 50 | Sunkist Growers, Inc. www.sunkist.com |
1,019 | 1,013 | 183 | 190 | Agriculture | Russ Hanlin Sherman Oaks, CA |
| 54 | 53 | Brazos Electric Cooperative www.brazoselectric.com |
1,012 | 991 | 3,531 | 3,226 | Energy & Communications | Clifton Karnei Waco, TX |
| 55 | 44 | North Carolina Electric Membership Corp. www.ncemcs.com |
1,009 | 1,093 | 1,531 | 1,538 | Energy & Communications | Rick Thomas Raleigh, NC |
| 56 | 46 | Nat'l Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. www.nrucfc.coop |
990 | 1,065 | 20,562 | 20,143 | Financial | Sheldon C. Peterson Herndon, VA |
| 57 | 81 | Staple Cotton Cooperative Corp. www.staplecotn.com |
946 | 643 | 354 | 278 | Agriculture | Meredith Allen Greenwood, MS |
| 58 | 71 | Heartland Co-op www.heartlandcoop.com |
936 | 667 | 481 | 201 | Agriculture | Larry Peterson West Des Moines, IA |
| 59 | 55 | URM Stores www.urmstores.com |
914 | 903 | 238 | 234 | Grocery | Dean Sonnenberg Spokane, WA |
| 60 | 64 | Agri-Mark Inc. www.agrimark.coop |
897 | 781 | 316 | 268 | Agriculture | Paul P. Johnston Methuen, MA |
| 61 | 59 | Old Dominion Electric Cooperative www.odec.com |
892 | 844 | 1,574 | 1,512 | Energy & Communications | Jackson E. Reasor Glen Allen, VA |
| 62 | -- | Select Milk Producers, Inc www.selectmilk.com |
892 | 720 | 107 | 91 | Agriculture | Michael J. McCloskey Artesia, NM |
| 63 | 87 | Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company www.auroracoop.com |
882 | 607 | 427 | 325 | Agriculture | George Hohwieler Aurora, NE |
| 64 | 79 | UNIPRO Food Service, Inc. www.uniprofoodservice.com |
881 | 657 | 64 | 58 | Food Distribution | Roger Toomey Atlanta, GA |
| 65 | 61 | East Kentucky Power Cooperative www.ekpc.coop |
878 | 827 | 3,242 | 3,112 | Energy & Communications | Anthony Campbell Winchester, KY |
| 66 | 74 | Lone Star Milk Producers, Inc. www.lonestarmilk.net |
876 | 686 | 97 | 64 | Agriculture | James Gordon Baired Windthorst, TX |
| 67 | 60 | Snake River Sugar Company www.srcoop.com |
876 | 840 | 699 | 673 | Agriculture | Victor Jaro Boise, ID |
| 68 | 72 | Michigan Milk Producers Association www.mimilk.com |
871 | 699 | 167 | 161 | Agriculture | Clayton Galarneau Novi, MI |
| 69 | 52 | Farm Credit Bank of Texas www.farmcreditbank.com |
871 | 1,002 | 19,642 | 19,556 | Financial | Larry R. Doyle Austin, TX |
| 70 | 58 | Great River Energy www.greatriverenergy.com |
864 | 847 | 3,557 | 3,350 | Energy & Communications | David Saggau Maple Grove, MN |
| 71 | 63 | Western Family Holding Company www.westernfamily.com |
828 | 796 | 68 | 59 | Grocery | Ronald King Portland, OR |
| 72 | 85 | United Dairymen of Arizona www.uda.coop |
826 | 613 | 131 | 110 | Agriculture | Keith Murfield Tempe, AZ |
| 73 | 66 | Blue Diamond Growers www.bluediamond.com |
825 | 775 | 297 | 276 | Agriculture | Mark Jansen Sacramento, CA |
| 74 | 57 | Independent Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. www.ipcrx.com |
806 | 869 | 143 | 153 | Pharmetcutical Distributor | Don Anderson Sun Prairie, WI |
| 75 | 62 | Piggly Wiggly Alabama www.pwadc.com |
773 | 826 | 92 | 104 | Grocery | David Bullard Bessemer, AL |
| 76 | 67 | South Mississippi Electric Power Assn. www.smepa.coop |
761 | 775 | 1,497 | 1,365 | Energy & Communications | James Compton Hattiesburg, MS |
| 77 | 68 | Pentagon Federal Credit Union www.penfed.org |
737 | 768 | 15,057 | 14,895 | Financial | Frank Pollack Alexandria, VA |
| 78 | 83 | Upstate-Niagara Cooperative, Inc. www.upstatefarms.com |
723 | 620 | 217 | 203 | Agriculture | Bob Hall Buffalo, NY |
| 79 | 69 | Wabash Valley Power Association www.wvpa.com |
721 | 750 | 920 | 953 | Energy & Communications | Rick Coons Indianapolis, IN |
| 80 | 84 | Coop. Regions of Organic Producer Pools www.organicvalley.coop |
716 | 620 | 180 | 160 | Agriculture | George Siemon La Farge, WI |
| 81 | 98 | New Cooperative, Inc. www.newcoop.com |
711 | 524 | 266 | 181 | Agriculture | Brent Bunte Fort Dodge, IA |
| 82 | 70 | ENAP, Inc. www.enap.com |
711 | 708 | 68 | 55 | Hardware & Lumber | Steve Sallah New Windsor, NY |
| 83 | 92 | Tennessee Farmers Cooperative www.ourcoop.com |
710 | 567 | 278 | 210 | Agriculture | Bart Krisle La Vergne, TN |
| 84 | 75 | VHA, Inc. www.vha.com |
697 | 681 | 522 | 486 | Healthcare | Curt Nonomaque Irving, TX |
| 85 | -- | Cooperative Producers, Inc. www.cpicoop.com |
696 | 641 | 361 | 239 | Agriculture | Robert Fifield Hastings, NE |
| 86 | 90 | Farmers Cooperative www.farmersco-operative.com |
695 | 576 | 265 | 192 | Agriculture | Ron Velder Dorchester, NE |
| 87 | -- | Trupointe Cooperative www.trupointe.com |
688 | -- | 229 | -- | Agriculture | Larry J. Hammond Piqua, OH |
| 88 | 76 | Associated Grocers, Inc. www.agbr.coop |
685 | 677 | 112 | 108 | Grocery | J. H. Campbell, Jr. Baton Rouge, LA |
| 89 | 73 | Cobb EMC www.cobbemc.com |
674 | 690 | 934 | 928 | Energy & Communications | W. T. "Chip" Nelson III Marietta, GA |
| 90 | 89 | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. www.aecc.com |
658 | 584 | 1,343 | 1,242 | Energy & Communications | Duane D. Highley Little Rock, AR |
| 91 | 80 | Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Co-op Inc. www.hepn.com |
650 | 653 | 1,559 | 1,373 | Energy & Communications | J. Steven Smith Bloomington, IN |
| 92 | 78 | Welch Foods Inc www.nationalgrape.com |
641 | 659 | 362 | 364 | Agriculture | Bradley C. Irwin Concord, MA |
| 93 | 77 | PowerSouth Energy Cooperative www.powersouth.coop |
640 | 674 | 1,837 | 1,754 | Energy & Communications | Gary Smith Andalusia, AL |
| 94 | 82 | Associated Press www.ap.org |
628 | 631 | 317 | 521 | Media | Tom Curley New York, NY |
| 95 | -- | United Farmers Cooperative www.ufcoop.com |
616 | 428 | 213 | 156 | Agriculture | Carl Dickinson York, NY |
| 96 | 91 | Citrus World Inc. www.floridasnatural.com |
615 | 576 | 313 | 296 | Agriculture | Stephen Caruso Lake Wales, FL |
| 97 | 88 | Associated Grocers of Florida, Inc www.agfla.com |
596 | 592 | 161 | 162 | Grocery | Christopher Miller Pompano Beach, FL |
| 98 | 100 | Equity Co-op Livestock Sales Assn. www.equitycoop.com |
591 | 509 | 33 | 29 | Agriculture | Charles Adami Baraboo, WI |
| 99 | 93 | Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc www.pec.coop |
588 | 551 | 1,354 | 1,278 | Energy & Communications | RB Sloan Johnson City, TX |
| 100 | 96 | Buckeye Power, Inc www.buckeyepower.com |
581 | 549 | 1,929 | 1,809 | Energy & Communications | Anthony J. Ahern Columbus, OH |