Cooperative Credit Company

Service Achievements

CCC strives to provide a high level of service to each of our member cooperatives and producers. We have provided some examples of our strategies to better serve you and the success stories that have resulted.

"Coop Credit was able to offer financing on hog buildings for producers wanting to feed their own hogs or to custom feed. This, in turn, helps us sell more feed. We're able to buy our ingredients at a cheaper price due to larger volumes, and we can pass that on to all our customers."

-Ken Ehrp, Coop Manager
Farmers Cooperative Society, Sioux Center, IA

"I would like to begin by thanking all of you for your continued support and use of CCC. The phenomenal success of this company since its inception has been because of the faith put into it by its members and management. Without this faith the vision would have remained only that, a vision. However because of your belief in the vision, even when many said, “you’ll never get Co-ops to work together that closely,” CCC has grown, thrived, and prospered.

Your board spends time each year helping management set direction and evaluating where we are in relationship to the whole market. Just like in your Co-op, CCC is in a rapidly changing market. If we are unable to stay in front of change or are not prepared for it when it happens, opportunities will pass us by. In the past few months, board and management reviewed where CCC is and where we need to be going in the future. We have identified strategic areas to focus on for the next year. We have studied the possibilities of diversification services, growth strategies and how to reinvigorate the inactive members. Clearly if members are not using CCC, a great opportunity is being missed. Some of our largest potential growth could be internal if all our members became active even in a small way. Many of our members have changed since they joined. Some have new management or have been acquired by another cooperative making the new company a member by default. In either scenario understanding who CCC is and what they offer may be the only problem. If that is the problem, I encourage you to visit with a board member, CCC management, or a fellow member who is active. You may discover the help you have been needing.

We need your help. I encourage all of you to call one of your board members or Lee and express ideas or problems that CCC may be able to help you with. Without a doubt, if it is a problem for you, several other members are facing the same market challenge. In the eight years I have been affiliated with CCC many good ideas have come from the active members who know its value and challenge the company to do even more. That is the true spirit of a cooperative. Let’s use it to its fullest. "

-Kevin Hartkemeyer
CCC Board President

Cooperative Credit Company