2012 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 cooperative business activity across the country.

* Much of the information in this report has been provided to NCB from outside sources. NCB expressly disclaims any warranties or representatives, express or implied, of any kind as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information, facts, or opinions contained in this report.

2011
Rank		 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

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