In July, 2001, the Gateway Cooperative was merged in with Heartland Co-op.
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This grain location, along with the agronomy location purchased in 1997, gave Heartland another full service location in Central Iowa. In May of 2001, Heartland purchased the former Enterprise Elevator at Elkhart. The Waukee Coop came with locations in Redfield, which they purchased in 1966, and in Winterset, purchased in 1983. In August of 2000, Heartland Co-op purchased the Rippey Farmers Cooperative and the Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company of Waukee. Another acquisition in 1997 included Baer Ag, Inc., a private company with a full service location in Waukee and an agronomy outlet located in Dexter. Heartland Co-op continued to grow when in 1997, agronomy facilities at Elkhart, Nevada and Redfield were purchased from Central Iowa Farm Service. Mitchellville Cooperative was formed in 1951 which evolved from a business selling feed and live baby chickens. Both Madrid and Luther locations were purchased in 1981 from another cooperative. In 1977, Alleman built a grain facility in Slater. They continued to grow by merging in 1964 with a cooperative in Napier. Alleman purchased a cooperative at Cambridge in 1947. Farmers Cooperative Elevator of Alleman became a cooperative in 1934. The Heartland Co-op that exists today was formed in 1993 with a merger of the "original" Heartland Co-op, Alleman Cooperative Company, Mitchellville Cooperative, and the facilities previously owned by Avon Grain Company at Carlisle and at East 18th Street in Des Moines. In the following year, 1992, Laverty Elevators (a private elevator) in Indianola, was purchased. In a 1991 merger, Booneville Cooperative Elevator Company (a cooperative formed in 1949) was added through a merger. Minburn purchased a private agronomy plant located at Granger in 1986. Minburn had been a private elevator until it became Minburn Cooperative Elevator in 1945.
Farmers Cooperative Company of Dallas Center was formed in 1919. Panora Farmers Cooperative was formed in 1947. The "original" Heartland Co-op was formed in 1987 with a merger of three cooperatives with facilities in Panora, Dallas Center, Minburn and Granger. To view information about each location individually, just click on the links in the text below. Leadership Team: Heartland Co-op Administration Growth Oriented - We actively seek opportunities that support our purpose. Profitability - We make decisions through understanding and taking action for long term success.Įmpowerment with Accountability - We take ownership of our decisions through communication, competence, and confidence.Ĭontinuous Improvement - We pursue increased efficiency and effectiveness in our daily activities.Įthical / Honest - We build trust and relationships though professionalism and reliability.Ĭonfront Brutal Facts - We identify and address challenges with proactive solutions. "Helping farmers produce & market profitably"
Currently we are proud to have over 5,800 members and conduct business with them and others at one or more of our full-service, customer-oriented 71 cooperative locations around the state. We believe in differentiating ourselves from the competition by providing unique, value-added and innovative solutions to our customers. We're still doing everything we can to give Heartland-area farmers a voice in the future of agriculture. The old, original elevators served the needs of those turn-of-the-century farmers who unified in order to put some clout in their grain marketing. Now, over 100 years later, Heartland Co-op has evolved into the cooperative it is today with its 71 locations providing products and services to its farmer members/patrons.Īt each benchmark during the past 100 years, Heartland Co-op looked at the future needs of its members and chose growth over stagnation. Since the early days of the 1900's, Central Iowa farmers knew they needed a place to market their grain for a fair price. Today's challenges make us a better company tomorrow.
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