GROWMARK Chairman’s Award Presented to John Knobloch
AGRILAND FS, INC. General Manager John Knobloch received
the prestigious Chairman’s Award for Excellence in
Management from GROWMARK Chairman Dan Kelley at the
cooperative’s annual meeting in Chicago. AGRILAND FS is
based in Winterset, Iowa.
The Chairman’s Award is the highest honor GROWMARK
bestows to member cooperative managers who have achieved
outstanding results in the following management categories:
percent or dollars of sales increase, credit administration,
operating expense efficiency, and return on invested
capital.
The Chairman’s Award is given to general managers whose
performance has placed them within the top 20 percent of
GROWMARK member cooperatives in each of the key management
areas.
Acknowledging Knobloch for his performance, Kelley said,
“The cooperative earning the Chairman’s Award for Excellence
in Management is committed to combining teamwork, an ongoing
eye on improvement, customer service, and good business
decisions.”
Since its inception in 1962, 41 general managers have
received the award.
