Cotton

Harvest Season: A Family Affair

By: Co-op Advantage / November 14, 2017

As cotton farmers across the region head into the harvest season, it’s a parallel to the rest of our country that begins planning the holiday…

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Topics: Agricultural News

7 Benefits of Joining A Co-op

By: Co-op Advantage / November 2, 2017

Real Ownership The cooperative system provides you with true ownership of the business you participate in, whether the local gin or the regional marketing, warehousing,…

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Topics: Principles of Cooperatives

National Farmer’s Day: Recognizing the Backbone of our Country

By: Co-op Advantage / October 12, 2017

A day of honor is much-deserved for our nation’s hard-working farmers.  Each year, Oct. 12 is set aside to pay tribute to the generations of…

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Topics: Agricultural News

National Co-op Month: Cooperatives Commit

By: Co-op Advantage / October 3, 2017

October celebrates National Cooperative Month, along with 40,000 other cooperative businesses serving more than 120 million people nationwide. “Cooperatives Commit” is the theme of this…

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Topics: Principles of Cooperatives

The Waiting Season

By: Co-op Advantage / September 19, 2017

Just as every nurturing parent enters September with yet another year of watching their children return to school – the “waiting season” begins in hopes…

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Topics: Principles of Cooperatives

Farm Policy: A Deeper Look

By: Co-op Advantage / September 5, 2017

When it comes to farm policy, it’s crucial to have elected officials fighting for the cotton industry’s much-needed safety net for all those along the…

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Topics: Agricultural News

Farmers Cooperative Compress: Then and Now

By: Co-op Advantage / August 22, 2017

With its 2016 dividend payout, Farmers Cooperative Compress (FCC) last August celebrated the unprecedented milestone of having distributed $1 billion in dividend payouts to its…

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Topics: Co-op Advantage Co-Sponsors

Invest In Their Community

By: Co-op Advantage / August 15, 2017

As we take a look at the seventh co-op principle, concern for community is high-priority for grower-owners. From supporting their grower-owners to local schools, cooperatives…

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Topics: Principles of Cooperatives

Assist Other Co-ops

By: Co-op Advantage / August 8, 2017

Just as there is cooperation within a co-op; there is cooperation among co-ops. After all, just as grower-owners achieve more together through each co-op, each…

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Topics: Principles of Cooperatives

Help Each Other Improve

By: Co-op Advantage / August 1, 2017

As a grower-owner, you can rest assured you have the added value of education, training and information within a co-op. Grower-owners also inform the general…

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Topics: Principles of Cooperatives