Article: Leveraging assets: Swiss Valley Farms expands its reach by investing in human capial.

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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