NE WELL REPRESENTED IN LIST OF 100 LARGEST AG CO-OPS

(USDA Rural Development) -- According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the nation's 100 largest agriculture cooperatives reported near-record revenue of $118 billion in 2010.  Nine Nebraska cooperatives made the top 100 list.  Ag Processing, Inc. in Omaha ranked fifth with $3.3 billion. Producers Livestock Marketing Association also of Omaha, had revenue of $908 million; Cooperative Producers Inc. of Hastings, $643 million; Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company of Aurora, $614 million; Farmers Cooperative of Dorchester, $602 million; Central Valley Ag Cooperative in O'Neill, $506 million; United Farmers Cooperative of York, $450 million; Frenchman Valley Farmers Cooperative, Inc. of Imperial, $419 million; and Ag Valley Cooperative Non-Stock of Edison $289 million. 

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