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Our history

From 1929 to today

1920s

1929 – North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc. (NPGG) is organized as a regional cooperative, with 60 affiliated local cooperatives

1930s

1931 – Cenex, originally the Farmers Union Central Exchange, is founded
1932 – In conjunction with other regional cooperatives, National Cooperatives (later named Universal Cooperatives) is organized
1938 – Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association (GTA) opens for business in St. Paul, Minn.

1940s

1942 – GTA moves into wheat milling
1943 – An oil refinery at Laurel, Mont., is purchased and a one-third interest in the National Cooperative Refinery Association at McPherson, Kan., is acquired
1945 – Cenex enters the feed, plant food and seed business
1946 – Cenex expands plant food operations by becoming a major stockholder of CF Industries 

1960s

1960 – A 424-mile petroleum products pipeline from the Laurel refinery to a terminal at Minot, N.D., is completed
1960 – GTA purchases the Honeymead soybean processing plant and the Archer Daniels Midland elevator line in southern Minnesota

1970s

1971 – Cenex begins supplying cooperatives in the Pacific Northwest
1972 – Cenex enters the transportation business
1975 – GTA adds a branch office in Portland, Ore., opens two barge-loading terminals on the Mississippi River
1978 – Cenex introduces pay-at-the-pump technology

1980s

1981 – Cenex becomes one of the top 10 U.S. propane suppliers
1983 – North Pacific Grain Growers and GTA merge to form Harvest States Cooperatives
1987 – Cenex joins with Land O’Lakes to form the Cenex/Land O’Lakes Ag Services marketing joint venture
1988 – First CENEX convenience store opens

1990s

1992 – Cenex acquires majority ownership of the 75,000-barrels-per-day National Cooperative Refinery Association at McPherson, Kan.
1992 – Cenex completes 256-mile pipeline extension in North Dakota
1992 – Harvest States and Continental Grain enter a joint venture, the Tacoma Export Marketing Co. (TEMCO) at Tacoma, Wash.
1994 – Harvest States acquires an export facility at Myrtle Grove, La., and river terminal at Davenport, Iowa
1995 – Cenex constructs 302-mile crude oil pipeline near Cut Bank, Mont.
1995 – Harvest States and Wilsey Foods, a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. Ltd., form joint venture Ventura Foods
1995 – Harvest States annual grain volume tops 1 billion bushels
1998 – Cenex and Harvest States unite

2000s

2001 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 announces a joint venture, Horizon Milling, LLC, in flour milling with Cargill, Inc.
2002 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 acquires Agway’s Grandin, N.D.-based sunflower business
2003 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 announces wholly owned subsidiary originating and marketing soybeans from Brazil
2003 – The company adopts 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 Inc. as its legal name
2005 – 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 announces $325 million coker project at Laurel, Mont., refinery
2005 – Ventura Foods acquires Marie's® and Dean's® dressings and dips
2007 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 opens grain marketing offices in Switzerland and China
2008 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 begins Black Sea operations in Ukraine
2009 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 expands global presence with grain export venues in Australia and Ukraine and grain marketing office in Argentina

2010s

2010 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 opens grain trading office in Argentina and grain and crop nutrients office in Jordan
2011 – NCRA buyout agreement takes place
2012 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 enters Canada with Alberta agronomy acquisition
2013 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 opens Taiwan and Uruguay offices
2014 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 acquires Rochelle, Ill., ethanol plant
2014 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 issues 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站CN, Class B, Series 2 and 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站CM, Class B, Series 3 Preferred Stock
2014 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 joins Cargill and ConAgra Foods to create Ardent Mills, a flour milling company
2014 – 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 returns record $637 million to its owners
2016 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 completes investment in CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC
2017 – Jay Debertin named president and CEO
2019 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 fully acquires West Central Distribution

2020s

2020 – 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 Agronomy Levesol® products receive patent
2021推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 announces expansion of Myrtle Grove, La., export facility
2021 – 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 announces Mankato, Minn., soybean refinery expansion
2021 – Growmark and 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 announce Cooperative Ventures
2022 – 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 announces intention to return $1 billion to owners
2022推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 Foundation celebrates 75 years

2023TEMCO export facilities expand to include Texas Gulf
2023 – CF Industries and 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 to produce, distribute low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer
2023FFA receives largest gift in 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 Foundation history
2023推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 Broadbent to build grain export terminal in Victoria, Australia
2024 – 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 adds eight grain assets in five states
2024 – 推荐几个靠谱的买球网站 opens new crop science research center