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2004 ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS
NSAC wishes to thank the following sponsors of the 2004 Annual Meeting and Tax Program in Denver, CO. Because of them, we are able to offer our members a first-rate program at an affordable cost. To learn more about them, click on the link from their name below.
GOLD - $5,000
CoBank, ACB
BRONZE - $2,500
Charles G. Trutna CPA
COPPER - $1,500
Ag Processing Inc (AGP)
Kansas Farmers Service Association
KPMG LLP
PATRON - $1,000
The Triangle Companies
BENEFACTOR - $500
CHS, Inc.
Clifton Gunderson LLP
FC Stone LLC
Lindburg & Vogel Chartered
McDermott, Will & Emery
Michigan Milk Producers Association
FOUNDATION - $250-$300
Cooperative Resources International (CRI)
Emmer Associates, Inc.
Frontier Cooperative
Gardiner Thomsen
Pawling, Finn, & Torell CPAs, Inc.
Southern States Cooperative
ROCHDALE - $100
Cooperative Producers, Inc.
Michael D. McIntyre, P.L.C.
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
GOLF GIVEAWAYS
CoBank ACB
Land O' Lakes
Lone Star Milk Producers
If your firm is a cooperative or provides services to cooperatives and you would like to become a sponsor, please contact our national office at 937-222-6707.
Ag Processing Inc (AGP)
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AGP is a farmer-owned cooperative engaged in the procurement, processing, marketing, and transportation of grains and grain products. Since its formation in 1983, AGP has been committed to the success of its owners. Today, that is 223 local cooperatives and eight regional cooperatives, representing 250,000 farmers from 16 states throughout the United States and Canada.
AGP operates nine soybean processing plants including six plants in Iowa located at Eagle Grove, Emmetsburg, Manning, Mason City, Sergeant Bluff and Sheldon. Other AGP processing plants are located at Dawson, Minnesota, St. Joseph, Missouri, and Hastings, Nebraska. The Hastings plant is the first farmer-owned soybean processing facility in that state.
AGP holds the distinction of being:
- The largest “cooperative” soybean processing company in the world.
- The fourth largest supplier of refined vegetable oil in the United States.
AGP’s Mission is to serve local cooperatives and agricultural producer-owners by performing the primary business functions of acquisition, processing, and marketing of agricultural products.
AGP’s Reason for Existence is to put more money into the pockets of producers and do the best possible job of managing its owners’ investments. Every decision in AGP is made with those precepts in mind.
Our cooperative motto is “Partners in Food Production.” Our partners are both stockholders and other stakeholders, including AGP’s outstanding employees. AGP is a partner with the greatest people on earth.
Go to www.agp.com to learn more.
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| CHS Inc. |
CHS, Inc. is an integrated agricultural supply and grain-based foods system linking producers with consumers. Its mission is to improve the value and profitability of cooperatives and producers who are helping deliver wholesome foods around the world. Members of the cooperative are located throughout the United States of America.
Go to www.chsinc.com for more information.
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Clifton Gunderson LLP
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From financial reporting to tax compliance to mergers and acquisitions, the financial issues facing cooperatives are unique. With Clifton Gunderson’s experience in the cooperative industry, you’ll get professionals who understand your needs and are able to help you achieve your goals. Let one of our 1,500 professionals help you gain a competitive advantage.
Clifton Gunderson is the 12th largest CPA and consulting firm in the country, with over 50 offices in 14 states and Washington, DC.
Go to www.cliftoncpa.com or call 1-888-CPA-FIRM for more information.
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| CoBank, ACB |
As Rural America’s Cooperative Bank, the $31 billion, Denver-based CoBank specializes in providing financial solutions and leasing services to cooperatives, agribusinesses, Farm Credit associations and rural communications and energy and water companies. The bank also finances agricultural exports and owns Farm Credit Leasing Services Corporation. CoBank currently has 30 active NSAC members in the Capitol, Far Western, Great Lakes, Mid-Central, Mid-West, Mississippi Valley, North Central, Northeast, Pacific Northwest, South Atlantic and Texas Chapters. For more information, contact:
Janet Schoniger
5500 S. Quebec Street
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-1914
1-800-542-8072 x 04051
Go to www.cobank.com for more information.
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Cooperative Resources International (CRI)
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Cooperative Resources International (CRI) is one of the most influential companies in cattle breeding and management. CRI is comprised of three subsidiaries – one develops and markets dairy and beef genetics, one provides dairy farm management expertise and one markets livestock. With 750 service and sales staff, CRI has the largest field staff serving U. S. livestock producers. Additionally, CRI exports top genetics to 60 countries worldwide.
For more information, go to www.crinet.com.
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| Emmer Associates, Inc. |
Emmer Associates, Inc. is a specialized consulting firm serving rural oriented businesses – marketing, supply, and service cooperatives, utilities, farm credit banks and associations and other agribusiness firms throughout the U.S. Since 1978, it has guided some 200 firms through policy and strategy development, financing programs and structure change such as company formation, mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, orderly liquidations, and turn-around management.
Emmer Associates, Inc. ▪ 7283 South Olive Way ▪ Centennial, CO 80112
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| FC Stone LLC |
FCStone, LLC has commodities roots dating back to 1924 and is a registered FCM with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a member of the National Futures Association, and is a clearing member on all major U.S. futures exchanges. It is part of a group of companies within FCStone Group, Inc.
In a business where risk is ever-present, it's intelligence that makes the difference between ordinary and extraordinary results. With a solid foundation and commitment to superior performance, FCStone Group, Inc. is a recognized innovator in commodity risk intelligence. Companies around the world depend on our sound risk management strategies to help minimize risk and maximize profit margins.
FCStone Group has an understanding of the commodities industry that few can equal. Our depth of knowledge serves clients at every stage of the commodity value chain - from policy decisions to origination, merchandising and production through processing, wholesale and retail.
An Innovative, Integrated Approach
The Companies within FCStone Group offer a full spectrum of commodity risk management services. Our companies operate as a coordinated whole; separate, yet capable of providing integrated services for our clients' benefit. The FCStone Group is structured in a way that all of our companies can be utilized to implement the strategies we develop.
Go to www.fcstone.com for more information.
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| Frontier Co-op, Inc. |
Frontier Co-op is a locally owned and controlled farm supply cooperative operating in Boone and Clinton counties 25 miles northwest of Indianapolis, Indiana. Frontier has 67 full time employees and provides agronomy and petroleum services to 750 farmer members.
Go to www.frontierco-op.com for more information.
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Gardiner Thomsen
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Gardiner Thomsen is a regional CPA firm organized in 1964 and presently operates from offices in Des Moines, Sioux City, and Charles City, Iowa, Lincoln, Nebraska and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The firm has a professional staff of 25 and provides a wide range of professional services, including audit, tax and management consulting, to cooperative clients in eight states. Professional staffs of the firm are members of the NSAC and participate through the Mid-West and Mississippi Valley Chapters.
Go to www.gardinercpa.com to learn more.
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| The Kansas Farmers Service Association |
The Kansas Farmers Service Association, since incorporation in 1947, has provided insurance and services for all types of cooperatives and their employees. The Kansas Farmers Service Association offers a full line of commercial insurance, bonds and an exclusive professional liability policy for cooperative directors. The Association is also a partner in Rural Insurance Services of Kansas (RISK) which provides personal insurance to cooperative members and employees. It offers group life, salary continuation, hospitalization, deferred compensation, and can assist with 401(k) and Section 125 benefit plans for your employees.
Other services were added to provide assistance in mergers and consolidations, budgets, financial planning, bylaws, credit policies, board of directors and stockholders meetings, tax matters, wage and hour regulations, employment services, safety and health regulations, pollution control, and other matters that affect the day-to-day operations of Kansas cooperatives and their members.
The Kansas Farmers Service Association -- An association owned and controlled by cooperatives, providing services for cooperatives and their members to further their agricultural endeavors, at reasonable costs.
Go to www.kfsa.com to learn more.
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| KPMG LLP |
KPMG LLP partners and professionals deliver a wide range of high value assurance, tax, international, and performance improvement consulting services to clients all around the world. KMPG is a preeminent firm in providing accounting, tax and consulting services to cooperatives. This experience provides the tools necessary to help convert information into insight, delivering articulate and timely business advice. Our integrated approach provides us with a deep understanding of your owners that enables us to better serve you. KPMG further demonstrates its commitment to the industry through its involvement with the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives. KPMG LLP is the U. S. member firm of KMPG International.
For more information regarding the firm, go to www.us.kpmg.com.
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| McDermott Will & Emery |
McDermott Will & Emery is an international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dusseldorf, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Rome, San Diego, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Among our clients are a wide variety of cooperative organizations to whom we provide specialized cooperative expertise and a broad range of general legal assistance.
For more information regarding the firm, go to www.mwe.com.
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| Michael D. McIntyre, P.L.C. |
Michael D. McIntyre, P.L.C. provides legal, tax, consulting and accounting services to cooperatives nationwide and to their professional advisors, and to other private businesses and individuals.
For more information email mikemc@voyager.net.
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| Michigan Milk Producers Association |
Michigan Milk Producers Association, established in 1916, is a member owned and operated dairy cooperative serving approximately 2,500 farmers in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. MMPA markets approximately 3 billion pounds of milk annually or approximately 65 percent of the milk produced in Michigan. MMPA is the 10th largest dairy cooperative in the United States.
MMPA owns and operates two manufacturing plants that make products such as butter, nonfat dry milk, cream, condensed skim milk and sweetened condensed milk. MMPA also owns two mozzarella cheese plants in joint venture with Leprino Foods.
Go to www.mimilk.com for more information.
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| Rappahannock Electric Cooperative |
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative is a consumer owned utility which provides electric service to more than 85,000 connections in parts of 16 Virginia counties. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, REC maintains over 10,000 miles of power lines through its service area, which ranges from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the mouth of the Rappahannock River. The cooperative serves a variety of residential, commercial, and industrial accounts. REC provides the electricity to familiar names such as Paramount's Kings Dominion, Merillat Industries, and GE Fanuc.
Go to www.rappelec.com for more information.
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| Southern States Cooperative |
Southern States Cooperative, Inc. is a farmer-owned cooperative operating in 25 states and serving some 500,000 members. Southern States’ distribution system consists of 1,100 retail locations served by 100 wholesale distribution, manufacturing, marketing, and other facilities, with 3,500 employees.
For more information regarding the firm, go to www.southernstates.com
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The Triangle Companies
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The Triangle Companies, with Triangle Cooperative Service Company being the parent company of the group, are headquartered in Enid, Oklahoma, with a sales office in Lubbock, Texas. The agricultural cooperative was founded in 1916 to provide insurance products and member services to its owner/member agricultural cooperatives in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Triangle Cooperative Service Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries—Triangle Insurance Company, Triangle Agency of Texas, Triangle Insurance Agency, and Plains Insurance Agency of Amarillo—specialize in commercial agribusiness and related insurance products. From 1916 to the present, The Triangle Companies are committed to serve member cooperatives by supporting their success through the services and insurance products offered by our affiliated companies.
Go to www.trianglecompanies.coop for more information.
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