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Article: Leveraging assets: Swiss Valley Farms expands its reach by investing in human capial.
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- Dairy Field
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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In the late 1880s, farmers of the Upper Midwest desiring to develop local markets for their milk and cream organized small cooperative creameries and cheese factories.
The successful cooperatives, able to maximize returns from the milk produced by their member-owners, attracted new members, merged with other cooperatives, matured and prospered.
From its beginning in 1959, Davenport, Iowa-based farmer-owned cooperative, Swiss Valley Farms Co., has evolved into a progressive, efficient organization. "While member-owners direct and motivate the business of the cooperative, each and every employee also shares responsibility for the company's success, ...
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Article: Swiss Valley Farms Company
International Directory of Company Histories;
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...Swiss Valley Farms Company 247 Research Parkway Davenport ... Manufacturing Based in Davenport, Iowa, Swiss Valley Farms Company is a cooperative representing ... operations in Farley and Cascade, Iowa. SWISS VALLEY FARMS NAME ADOPTED: 1981 Perhaps the most ...
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