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Southern States Cooperative is an American farmer-owned agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in the Richmond, Virginia area. Southern States Cooperative supplies small, medium, and large commercial farmers with livestock and animal feed, pasture seed, vegetable seed, farm fertilizers, farm supplies, bulk fuel, and crop services, including information and products to grow better crops.
The company was founded by engineers Frank S. Washburn and Charles H. Baker in New York City in 1907, to capitalize on a German patent they had licensed for the manufacture of nitrogen products for fertilizer. [2] The company's name is derived from the chemical calcium cyanamide, the fertilizer they would manufacture.
Hexion Inc. or Hexion (previously Momentive Specialty Chemicals) [2] is a chemical company based in Columbus, Ohio. It produces thermoset resins and related technologies and specialty products. Hexion is organized into two divisions: the Epoxy, Phenolic and Coating Resins Division, and the Forest Products Division.
Scotts was founded in 1868 by Orlando M. Scott as a premium seed company for the U.S. agricultural industry. In the early 1900s, the company began a lawn grass seed business for homeowners, and in 1924, became the first company to ship grass seed products directly to stores. Prior to 1924, Scotts products were only available through the mail. [5]
The company opened a retail store in Lima, Ohio. The company acquired grain and liquid storage facilities in Clymers, Logansport, Seymour, North Manchester, and Waterloo, Indiana. On February 20, 1996 The Andersons was first listed on NASDAQ, and around that same time the company reached sales of US$1 billion (~$1.79 billion in 2023). [10]
It is the largest producer of potash, second largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer in the world and generally the 2nd largest in fertilizers worldwide. [3] [4] It has over 2,000 retail locations across North America, South America, and Australia with more than 23,500 employees. [5]
As of the census [10] of 2010, there were 224 people, 97 households, and 64 families living in the village. The population density was 746.7 inhabitants per square mile (288.3/km 2).
Around the time of incorporation of West Helena in 1917, the lumber industry was the primary economic force in the region, with five companies producing barrel staves being the primary employers. Prohibition put these companies out of business, followed by two devastating floods in the following decades left Helena and West Helena in bad shape ...