FS Co-operatives earn Performance Improvement Awards

Five FS member co-operatives, including Ontario's Vineland Growers Co-operative, were recognized by GROWMARK for business performance improvement during the 2015 GROWMARK annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois last week.

For the second year in a row, the co-operative with the highest degree of improvement was Ag-Land FS, Pekin, Illinois. Ranking second was Stephenson Service Company, Freeport, Illinois. In third place was Conserv FS, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois. In fourth place was Vineland Growers Co-operative, Jordan Station, Ontario, and fifth was AGRILAND FS, Inc., Winterset, Iowa. 

GROWMARK measures the improvement in the performance of member co-operatives based on return on invested capital. Over a five-year time frame, each co-operative's return on invested capital improvement is measured in comparison to other co-operatives in the System. From this measurement, the Performance Improvement Award was developed.