Operating out of Kansas City, Missouri, Farmland Industries, Inc. is North America's largest agricultural cooperative. It is owned by some 1,700 local co-ops, which represent approximately 600,000 agricultural producers. Embracing a farm-to-table mission, the co-op essentially divides its activities between "inputs" and "outputs."

On the input side, Farmland and its joint venture partners help farmers in their production efforts by providing such items as fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides, animal feeds, and petroleum products.

On the output side, Farmland adds value to members' food and fiber products, and markets them throughout the world. In recent years, a major part of the output strategy is to enhance the Farmland name and its copyrighted phrase, "Proud to be farmer-owned."