Co-Alliance, Harvest Land cooperatives merge

AVON, Ind. — Indiana-based Co-Alliance and Harvest Land cooperatives merged to form Co-Alliance Cooperative.

The new cooperative will have over 1,000 employees and $1.3 billion in sales.

The merger will take effect Feb. 1. The cooperative will service customers in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois.

It has four core divisions: agronomy, energy, grain, and swine and animal nutrition.

“Co-Alliance Cooperative brings together two extremely strong cooperatives with a successful history of servicing member-owners at the highest level,” said Kevin Still, CEO of Co-Alliance Cooperative Inc.

“I anticipate this strong combination will provide synergies and resources that will enhance our customers’ experience and prepare us to meet the needs of our future stakeholders.”

The merger will bring improvements to risk management and include a focus on safety.

“Safety is going to be a priority,” Still said. “We want to have a culture of safety. We want our employees to live it every day.”

Scott Logue, executive vice president, said they will leverage key technologies.

“The technology side of agriculture is changing very rapidly,” Logue said. “Technology is expensive.

“With Co-Alliance and Harvest Land coming together, this will allow us to have more specialization with our technology group and our employees and allow us to have those specialists focused on what our farmer members need for the future.”

Co-Alliance Cooperative will be headquartered in Avon.

Learn more at www.co-alliance.com.