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Farm cooperatives merge
PIQUA — Two farm cooperatives with a local presence, Southwest Landmark and Advanced Agri-Solutions, officially merge today, Sept. 1, to form Trupointe Cooperative Inc.The new cooperative will be headquartered at 215 Looney Road in Piqua, where it employs 15 people. Trupointe employs more than 500 people overall.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:32:11 -0700

Arkansas Electric Cooperatives to Share Federal Loans
(Washington, DC) -- Two rural electric cooperatives in Arkansas will share more than $680 million in federally backed loans to make improvements.Development Electric Program.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:35:36 -0700

North Carolina's electric cooperatives Stand Ready For Hurricane Earl
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- North Carolina's electric cooperatives are prepared to respond quickly to power outages that occur as a result of Hurricane Earl, which is forecasted to brush North Carolina's barrier islands late Thursday night or early Friday morning. Six of North Carolina's electric cooperatives serve coastal counties, providing electricity to a total of ...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:10:00 -0700

China puts rural credit cooperatives on sale
BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - China is inviting domestic banks and private and foreign investors to take over the country's most problematic rural credit cooperatives.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:37:36 -0700

N.C. electric cooperatives Await Earl, Encourage Safety
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hurricane Earl, which is expected to churn close to the North Carolina Outer Banks during the overnight/early morning hours between Thursday and Friday, is approaching as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 mph.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:04:22 -0700