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Press Release: American Falls Valley Wide Country Store Opening Day  November 11, 2022 AMERICAN FALLS, IDAHO—The much-awaited Valley Wide County Store in American Falls is now open for business, and the Valley Wide team is excited to welcome customers. An official “grand opening” celebration for patrons will be held in mid-December. Construction on the building…

Idaho Private 100 Companies Valley Wide Cooperative named #16 October 27, 2022 NAMPA, IDAHO – This week Idaho Private 100 announced the largest privately owned business in Idaho in their annual report, published by the Idaho Statesman. This year Valley Wide Cooperative ranked #16, up from #17 in 2021. Valley Wide is part of the…

Cooperatives are a reason to celebrate! There are an estimated 40,000 cooperatives in the United States, representing more than 350 million members and generating $25 million in wages nationwide. That’s a big deal. Cooperatives build economic power in industries and communities. Valley Wide and Valley Ag are agricultural cooperatives that trace their roots back to…

Rexburg Fuel Pumps Under Construction Rexburg customers may have noticed that the pumps at our Valley Wide Country Store are under construction for a fuel pump expansion. This expansion will double the number of fueling stations at our Rexburg Store to better serve our customers. During construction, the pumps are still open, but you will…

The Co-op Connection is a regular feature piece in our quarterly newsletter, Life in the Valley. In this article we feature a Valley Wide cooperative member who exemplifies what is means to be part of the co-op family. This article was featured in our Fall 2022 edition.  The Co-Op Connection: Snake River Dairies, Melba Idaho…

The Challenge Coin has a long history both as a symbol of dedication and valor in the military, but also as a symbol in organizations, acknowledging membership and achievement. At Valley Wide the purpose of the challenge coin is to recognize employees that go above and beyond in their duties to serve our each other,…

  PRESS RELEASE August 12, 2022 JEROME, IDAHO—Last Tuesday, Congressman Mike Simpson, representing Idaho 2nd district, met with Tom Daniels, Regional Energy Manager with Valley Wide Cooperative, and Tom Clark, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Propane Association, to talk about the importance of propane as a clean and alternative energy source. During the meeting, the…

Last month Valley Wide Cooperative sponsored the Pink on the Dirt luncheon at the Stampede for the Cure. This even is hosted annually during the week of the Snake River Stampede Rodeo. Stampede for the Cure helps women in the Treasure Valley pay for breast cancer detection, like mammograms. Since 2006 the program has raised…

Over the last month Valley Wide employees from all over Idaho participated in regional golf scrambles hosted by the Idaho FFA Foundation. The Idaho FFA Foundation support over 5,200 Idaho FFA member from 97 chapters across Idaho though scholarship, grants, program support, and more. Valley Wide partner’s with the Idaho FFA Foundation as a corporate…

2022 Eric Beck Memorial Scholarship An investment in the cooperative’s future In 2018 our annual scholarship giving was renamed the Eric Beck Memorial Scholarship in honor of Eric Beck (1955-2017). Eric was a board member of one of Valley Wide’s predecessors, Menan Cooperative and later was instrumental in the formation of Valley Wide Cooperative. As…

PRESS RELEASE May 27, 2022   NAMPA, IDAHO – Valley Wide Cooperative and Valley Agronomics, the largest local farmer-owned cooperative in the Pacific Northwest, recently announced its combined distribution of $8.2 million in total patronage allocation, the largest in the co-op’s history. This payment will go to more than 3,000 patrons in Idaho, Washington, Oregon,…

BUHL, Idaho – Last weekend was the grand re-opening of the Valley Wide Country Store in Buhl, Idaho. The stored kicked off the event with an employee and co-op member night on Friday. The employees and members enjoyed food truck vendors, a wine tasting by local winery, Holesinsky winery and the hit of the night,…

Valley Wide Cooperative and Ag Link, Inc. announced that both co-op memberships voted in favor to allow the two co-ops to merge. Valley Wide Cooperative is an agronomy, energy, and farm supply company with locations across the pacific northwest. Ag Link, Inc. is an agronomy and energy company in northeastern Washington. Valley Wide Cooperative continues…

Valley Ag has entered new geography in Central Washington by purchasing Saddle Mountain Supply, including their four agronomy centers, fleet, equipment, and management devoted to serving growers in the area. Saddle Mountain Supply has served Columbia Basin and surrounding growers and generously supported neighboring communities, schools, and cities since the 1970s. The purchased agronomy locations…

With their grant partner Land O’ Lakes, Valley Wide Cooperative donated $10,000 to the Idaho FFA Foundation. The two cooperatives contribute more than $100,000 annually to local communities and organizations. Receiving the donation from the Idaho FFA was Idaho FFA Foundation Executive Director Marcia Jedry, who shared words of thankfulness: “Great businesses always think about…

Customers at Valley Wide Country Stores donated $4733.51 to the Women’s and Children’s Alliance by rounding up their purchases to a whole dollar amount. What is the Women’s and Children’s Alliance (WCA)? The WCA has been an important community partner for 110 years. Originally started as the YWCA by nine pioneering women, it offered safe…

Nampa, Idaho-based Valley Wide Cooperative, and benevolence partner Arden Hills, Minnesota based cooperative Land O’Lakes, came together to donate $2,000 to the Salmon High School. The money will be used to restart their woodshop program. Philip Goodell, teacher and soon to be woodshop instructor, said “we plan to buy tools, equipment, clamps and other materials…