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CA
Grange Co-op, Farm Supply Company merge
['Buffy Pollock']
Capital Press
Combined, the White City-based Grange Co-op and Central California-based Farm Supply Company will operate 13 retail stores and a handful of specialized agricultural facilities, employing about 460 people between both states.
Rogue Valley-based Grange Co-op officials announced July 10 that some 89% of members who cast a ballot approved merging into a single enterprise.
Grange Co-op marketing manager Jason Wall said Grange Co-op will be the continuing organization, with Farm Supply Company’s operations becoming part of Grange Co-op going forward.
Farm Supply Company estimates annual revenues of between $20 and $50 million.
“As a farm supply co-op, both of us were actually pretty small fry in the bigger pond of farm supply outfits.