| 1920s |
| The GROWMARK System begins with the
organization of local cooperatives by Farm Bureau members.
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| 1927 |
| Nine local cooperatives organize to form
Illinois Farm Supply Company. |
| 1955 |
| Illinois Farm Supply Co. adopts the FS
trademark. |
| 1961 |
| The home office of Illinois Farm Supply
Co. moves from Chicago to Bloomington, Ill. |
| 1962 |
| FS Services, Inc. organizes through the
merger of Illinois Farm Supply Co. and Farm Bureau Service
Company of Iowa. |
| 1965 |
| Wisconsin Farmco Service Cooperative and
Producers Seed Company merge with FS Services. |
| 1980 |
| The consolidation of FS Services and
Illinois Grain Corporation establishes GROWMARK, Inc. |
| 1985 |
| The consolidation of Midwest grain
terminals and merchandising operations between GROWMARK
and Archer Daniels Midland Company creates ADM/GROWMARK.
|
| 1994 |
| GROWMARK acquires the assets of United
Co-operatives of Ontario and gains 37 member cooperatives
in the Canadian province. |
| 1998 |
| GROWMARK and Novartis Seeds, Inc. form a
venture that provides FS cooperatives the opportunity to
offer seed solutions from both the FS and NK® brand seed
lines.
GROWMARK and Land O'Lakes create an alliance in the feed
business. |
| 1999 |
| GROWMARK joins FFR, an interregional seed
research cooperative based in West Lafayette, Ind. owned
by three other regional cooperatives. |
| 2000 |
| GROWMARK begins marketing products
directly to cooperative customers in Indiana, Ohio, and
Michigan.
GROWMARK forms an alliance with Remington Seed to
provide corn hybrid production capabilities for the System
from the Williams, Iowa facility GROWMARK previously
owned. |
| 2002 |
| GROWMARK acquires the assets of Agway
Agronomy and Seedway, LLC. in the Northeast U.S. |
| 2003 |
| GROWMARK forms alliance with TruServ
Canada to provide an expanded line of consumer products
and services to Ontario member cooperatives. |
| 2004 |
| GROWMARK forms alliance with Decision
Commodities to deliver and develop grain risk management
products and services. |
| 2005 |
| FS PARTNERS formed to provide management
services to member co-operatives in Ontario.
GROWMARK acquires ownership of AgVantage FS in Iowa
to maintain local presence of FS products and services. |
| 2006 |
GROWMARK adds the ownership of New Horizon
FS and New Century FS in Iowa to ensure local presence
of FS products and services.
GROWMARK and Illini FS, Inc. merge.GROWMARK purchases
Huisinga and Willow Hill grain companies in Southern
Illinois and partners with Effingham-Clay Service Co.
and Wabash Valley Service Co. to form Total Grain
Marketing, LLC.
GROWMARK invests in a soy biodiesel production
facility being built by Mid-America Biofuels, in Mexico,
Mo.
GROWMARK forges long-term agreement with Remington
Seed to produce and package FS Seed products.
GROWMARK buys the assets of McCollister and Company,
a family-owned manufacturer and marketer of heavy duty
lubricants for automotive, agricultural, and industrial
applications. |
| 2007 |
| GROWMARK teams with Illinois Farm Bureau
to form AgriVisor, LLC, which offers farmers the best
grain and livestock marketing tools available.
GROWMARK acquires 100% of STAR Energy, LLC, a retail
energy company serving northwest Iowa.
GROWMARK transfers ownership of its Piper City, Ill.
seed production and conditioning plant to PRECISION
SOYA, LLC of Ft. Wayne, Ind.
RIVERLAND FS, Two Rivers FS, and West Central FS
partner with GROWMARK to create WESTERN GRAIN MARKETING,
LLC. |
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