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Two of the country’s largest agricultural cooperatives say they are exploring ways to “further collaborate to better serve owners, customers and the cooperative system into the future.”

Agriculture companies are becoming creative in getting new employees in the door, then keeping them by establishing a culture that values the input of employees and helps them buy into the overall mission of feeding and fueling the world.

CHS has added Sarah Bovim on to its Washington DC team as vice president of government affairs and Douglas Minder has been promoted to chief financial officer of Biotalys.

Jahi Wise has joined the Environmental Protection Agency as the senior adviser to the administrator and acting director for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program. Also President Joe Biden has appointed two Farm Service Agency state executive directors and one Rural Development state director.

Dairy Management Inc. has hired Lori Captain as executive vice president of global sustainability strategy, science and industry affairs and Summit Carbon Solutions has selected Lee Blank as its new chief executive officer.

The Biden administration is getting pressure from Capitol Hill to continue those $5-an-acre payments to farmers who plant cover crops.

Some of the most well-known names in agriculture are atop the list of 100 largest cooperatives by revenue compiled by the National Cooperative Bank.