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Premier Cooperative is proud to be sponsoring the viewing of SILO. Anyone interested can get in for free on Sunday, March 8th at 3:30pm at the Fischer Theatre in Danville, IL. We believe in promoting safety and awareness while working in and around grain bins. Safety and awareness is equally...

Last week we held 4 internal training sessions on grain grading. This opportunity primarily served as a refresher course for most of employees, and it was perfectly timed with the weather conditions we experienced this past year. Thank you to the Champaign Grain Inspection Dept for providing the training!

The Midwest Ag Expo was held on January 29th and 30th at the Gordyville show site. This is one of the largest indoor shows in the country, and Premier Cooperative once again had a booth at the show. We see a good number of our producers/customers at this event, and...

Friday, January 31st was Premier Cooperative's Holiday Party. Between employees and their significant others we had over 120 in attendance. Jupiter's at the Crossing provided a fantastic atmosphere for employees to gather from all locations and share in camaraderie. We also collected donations for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank at our...

Energy Manager, Garrett Bruns, and United Prairie's Agronomy Manager, Kyle Meece, were interviewed by WPXN during the Midwest Ag Expo.

Farm Marketing Manager, Kurt Simmons, was interviewed by Stu Ellis during the Midwest Ag Expo. Thanks for your insight, Kurt!

Premier held a successful annual meeting on Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 at the Community Center in Thomasboro, IL. The original Annual Meeting was scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 19th but was formally reconvened for January due to communication issues between the United State Postal Service (USPS) and Premier...

On Friday, we celebrated 3 members of our Dewey team who together put in over 65 years of service. Maynard Birkey, Buddy Cohoon, and Dale McPherson were joined by fellow employees, members of the community, and customers to celebrate their recent retirements. We at Premier Cooperative wish them nothing but...

We are in the final stages of placing a new fuel truck into our fleet this week to better serve our customers’ needs for the future. The process was started over a year ago to pinpoint our internal and external needs for a new chassis. The new truck that we...

This week, EHS Manager, Adam Stevenson, conducted a Lock Out Tag Out training at our Sidney location. This important training focused on specific practices and procedures to safeguard employees from the unexpected energization or startup of machinery and equipment, or the release of hazardous energy during service or maintenance activities.