Sweet lessons in what COOPERATION really means. 🍬

Yesterday West Central MN CEO got an inside look at one of the LARGEST facilities in our region — Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative in Renville.

Thank you to Cody Bakker, Ag Strategy Manager at SMBSC, for showing us what it takes to turn 3 MILLION tons of sugarbeets from 500+ local shareholder farms into nearly 1 BILLION pounds of pure sugar each year.

Founded in 1972, SMBSC is farmer-owned and proves what highly organized, trust-based, hard-working cooperation can do:

✓ 500+ family farms with a shared stake
✓ Hundreds of local jobs
✓ Sugar + livestock feed products that stay in rural MN
✓ Economic, social & agricultural impact you can FEEL

This is why CEO tours matter. We don’t just read about business — we walk the floor.

📍 Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative - Renville, MN
🎓 West Central MN CEO - KMS | MACCRAY | RCW | CMCS

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