Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation Awards Nine Scholarships
[LINCOLN, NE May 23, 2023] – The Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation (NCCEF) has awarded 9 scholarships totaling $20,100 for the 2023/24 academic year to students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) at Curtis, and the University of Nebraska-Kearney (UNK). The NCCEF scholarship program […]
CPI Announces 2023 Scholarship Recipients
[HASTINGS, NE April 20, 2023] Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) is pleased to announce the 2023 CPI Scholarship recipients. Five dependents of CPI patrons and three dependents of CPI employees have been selected to receive a $1,000 scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year. “The CPI Scholarship Program is one way we can help support students who […]
CPI Hires Regional Seed Manager
[HASTINGS, NE April 10, 2023] — Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) would like to welcome Kevin Hoffschneider to the team. He was recently hired as our Regional Seed Manager. Kevin comes to CPI with over 30 years of experience in agricultural sales, marketing and business development. Throughout his career, he has led a number of seed […]
CPI Hires Agronomy Business Manager
[HASTINGS, NE March 27, 2023] — Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) would like to welcome Chris Wagner to the team. He was recently hired as our Agronomy Area Business Manager and will lead the sales efforts going forward. Chris comes to CPI with over 20 years of experience. He has led, coached and mentored a number […]
CPI Names New Grain Facility In Clay County
[HASTINGS, NE March 21, 2023] — Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) has named the previously announced 5-million-bushel grain facility being built in Clay County, Lewis. The new location is being constructed in the Lewis Township, one mile north of the Highway 6 and 14 northbound intersection between Harvard and Saronville. CPI’s next steps include doing soil […]
CPI Hires Wood River Area Sales Agronomist
[HASTINGS, NE January 30, 2023] — Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) would like to welcome Travis Meents to the team. He was recently hired as a Sales Agronomist servicing the Wood River area. Travis comes to CPI with several years of customer service experience and a degree in agribusiness. He looks forward to building new relationships […]
CPI Promotes Employee To Tires Sales Rep
[HASTINGS, NE January 9, 2023] — Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) would like to congratulate Jake Zoucha on his recent promotion to Tire Sales Representative. Jake was previously a Tire Truck Specialist out of the Trumbull location for the last five years. During that time, he completed the most service calls three years in a row and […]
Director Completes “Director Certification Program”
[LINCOLN, NE January 6, 2023] — Jason Hupf, a director of Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI), recently completed a four-phase educational program co-sponsored by the Nebraska Cooperative Council and CoBank. He will receive a Certificate of Recognition acknowledging completion of the program. The Director Certification Program is a unique educational program specifically designed to assist cooperative directors to more fully understand their […]
CPI to Build New Grain Facility in Clay County
[HASTINGS, NE December 19, 2022] — Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) has announced plans to build a brand new 5-million-bushel grain facility one mile north of the Highway 6 and 14 northbound intersection between Harvard and Saronville in Clay County. Initially the facility will consist of a 3-million-bushel building and two 1-million-bushel bunkers. The project, being […]
CPI Hires Grain Origination Manager
[HASTINGS, NE December 19, 2022] — Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) would like to welcome Jake Engel to the team. He was recently hired as our Grain Origination Manager. Jake comes to CPI with over 24 years of customer service and sales experience. He looks forward to working with our grain origination team to help our […]