Agland Co-op and Green Valley Co-op merging

Ohio AgriBusiness Association members Agland Co-op, Inc. and Green Valley Co-op are merging. The merger between the two farm supply and grain cooperatives will be in effect Sept. 1 and will be incorporated as Agland Co-op with headquarters in New Philadelphia.                     

Agland producer-members approved the merger by 86 percent, and Green Valley members by 89 percent, according to media reports.

The combined co-op will have approximately 200 employees and serve customers from 24 locations in 20 eastern Ohio counties, as well as areas of western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. Cooperative business leaders estimate the combined organization’s sales will be approximately $320 million.