Reno County Education Co-Op history

1951 – The first meal was served at the stockholder meeting for The Farmers Coop Elevator

1957 – Building of 200,000 bushel flat storage facility for grain storage at Nickerson

1972 – Built office building at Nickerson

1975 – Farmers Cooperative Union purchased the Rickard Elevator facilities at Pollard for $75,000 (May 12)

1977 – Elevator B at Nickerson was built

1981 – Purchase of Nickerson Fertilizer Plant at Adams Corner

1987 – Construction on a 260,000 bushel McPherson grain silo at Nickerson began

1989 – Partridge Coop and The Farmers Coop Elevator of Nickerson merged

1991 – Farmers Cooperative Union purchased Claflin (April 2)

1996 – A new building was constructed at Adams Corner, making it the hub of the agronomy department

2001 – Farmers Cooperative Union merged with Lorraine & Geneseo (April 20)

2007 – The Farmers Coop Elevator upgraded the fuel storage tanks and blender pumps making them the first retailers in Reno County o offer flex fuels such as E85

2010 – The Farmers Coop Elevator purchased 12 city lots in Nickerson for future expansion

2011 – Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company celebrated 100 years

2015 – Office remodel took place at the Bushton Crop Production (May)

2016 – A new grain probe was installed at the Claflin office (April)

2017 – Adams Corner received an office remodel (February)

2018 – Updated fuel pumps & canopy at the Sterling Station (January)