About
Cooperative Grain and Supply was incorporated on May 1, 1966, following the merger of four cooperatives: Farmers Cooperative Equity Union of Hillsboro, Farmers Cooperative Supply of Hillsboro, Farmers Cooperative Grain & Mercantile Company of Lehigh, and Farmers Cooperative Association of Marion.
Major additions since 1966 include the incorporation of the Canton Coop in 1978, Canada Grain in 1991, and the Ampride stations in Hillsboro and Marion in 1999. Other expansions have included Crop Production, the Industrial Park fuel station, Lehigh Cardtrol, the Canton Service Center in 2006, the Canton CStore in 2013, and the addition of the Hillsboro Hoop Grain Facility in 2020. In 2023, the Hillsboro Crop Production facility completed a major expansion and renovation of its liquid fertilizer plant.
Over the years, CG&S has experienced significant growth. Storage capacity has increased from 1,267,225 bushels in 1966 to a current capacity of 6,364,782 bushels. In addition, CG&S has formed partnerships with neighboring cooperatives and now participates in four limited liability companies: Countryside Feed, LLC, Co-Ag Propane, LLC, CoMark Equity Alliance, LLC, and Smoky Hill Terminal in Salina.
Board of Directors
Sarah Olsen – President
Josh Pretzer
Jamie Peters
Andy Klassen
Kevin Suderman
Associate Board
Joe Soyez
Participating Liability Companies
Countryside Feed, LLC
Countryside Feed, LLC is the feed production LLC for 3 area coops: CG&S of Hillsboro, Agri Trails Coop of Hope, and Farmers Coop Elevator Co. of Halstead. For more information, you may go to Countryside Feed’s webpage at
Co-Ag Propane, LLC
Co-Ag Propane, LLC is a propane supply and service company jointly owned by Agri Trails Coop of Hope and Cooperative Grain & Supply of Hillsboro. The partnership was formed in 2018 by the two neighboring Coops. For more information, you may go to Co-Ag Propane’s webpage at
CoMark Equity Alliance, LLC
CoMark Equity Alliance, LLC (CEA), one of the largest federally licensed grain companies in the United States, is compromised of twenty-five grain cooperatives with 155 locations that stretch from southern Nebraska, through Kansas and Oklahoma, and into the Texas panhandle. These locations include three grain terminals, two of which are also shuttle loaders, and a 158 million bushel storage capacity.
The company began operating in August 2017 following the merger of CoMark Grain Marketing (CGM) and Equity Marketing Alliance (EMA). Located in Enid, Oklahoma, the company is now singularly focused on making it’s customers’ experience one that is unmatched in the industry by providing proactive, relationship – driven grain risk management services.
