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East-Central Cooperative is the combination of a merger in 1988 of Cleveland Cooperative and Tri-County Co-op Assn

Cleveland Cooperative - 1948

• 1918  July 20, Cleveland Local organized

• 1919  January 9, voted to incorporate into cooperative

• 1920  April, first rail-car of feed ordered from Smith Milling in Milwaukee

• 1920  June, first 2 rail-cars of coal ordered

• 1921  Cleveland Local, Haven Local and Carnation Local organized into a Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association

• 1924  Warehouse manager hired and mill warehouse kept open every day during winter months

• 1930  Elevator changed in mill

• 1933  Petroleum tanks erected

• 1935  Merged with Midland

• 1935  Portable feed grinder purchased and moved into mill

• 1935  Truck purchased for delivery service

• 1946  Voted to build new mill, purchase equipment and build more bulk storage

• 1948  Townships set up with directors from each township

• 1956  John Deere Company joins co-op - machinery building built

• 1958  Larger elevators and mixers purchased for bulk feed

• 1965  Storage for dry and liquid fertilizers built

• 1970's More bulk delivery in petroleum, feed and fertilizer.  Professional feed and crop advisors hired.  More and more product lines including animal health.

• 1982  Merged with Land-O-Lakes

• 1988  Merged with Tri-County Co-op

Kiel Station - about 1980

• 1914  Kiel Mercantile Association organized

• 1942  Meeting held to organize into a cooperative

• 1947  Gas station and bulk plant purchased

• 1947  Co-op leased the Schroeder Grocery Store until 1953

• 1955  Voted to join Midland 

• 1963  Hired feed salesman

• 1967  Purchased fertilizer plant

• 1967  Purchased 2 warehouses from Freis Von Kiel that became feed mill

• 1969  Added addition to fertilizer plant

• 1970  Added corn dryer and 50,000 bushel grain bin

• 1971  Purchased 67,000 bushel grain bin

• 1973  Built hardware store, office, station building

• 1978  Gierke building purchased (across from hardware store)

• 1988  Merged with Cleveland Co-op

Kiel Agronomy/Grain - about 1980

East-Central Cooperative

• 1992  John Deere business closed

• 1995  Cleveland fertilizer plant closed

• 1995  First 200,000 bushel grain bin built

• 1996  Kiel feed mill torn down

• 1999  Second 200,000 bushel grain bin built

• 1999  Formed Premier Feeds with Reedsville, Valders, Chilton Co-ops

• 2000  Closed Cleveland office

• 2000  April 1, merged with Reedsville Cooperative Association to form Country Horizons Cooperative

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