[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 70 (Friday, May 8, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THE DODGE CITY COOPERATIVE FOR 100 YEARS OF SERVICE

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                           HON. TIM HUELSKAMP

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 8, 2015

  Mr. HUELSKAMP. Mr. Speaker, today I recognize the Dodge City 
Cooperative. The cooperative, now doing business as Pride Ag Resources, 
is completing 100 years serving Dodge City and the southwest Kansas 
area.
   As a fifth-generation farmer and one of just a handful of farmers 
currently serving in Congress, I understand the important role 
cooperatives play in our agricultural economy. Rural America has long 
depended on this unique business structure to move our products to the 
marketplace.
   With the founding of one elevator in Dodge City in 1915, the hope, 
vision and needs of farmers for the past 100 years brought into 
existence fourteen additional elevators, four fertilizer locations, two 
feed mills, six car care centers, four Ace Hardware stores, plus 
another store soon. Dodge City Cooperative currently employs 200 
employees with an annual payroll of over $9.2 million dollars. The hard 
work and services offered have filled a critical need in supplying area 
farmers, ranchers and the people of our communities with grain, feed, 
supplies and goods.
   Thank you to Dodge City Cooperative and to all of the farmer-owned 
cooperatives in the ``Big First'' district who help strengthen our 
rural communities and make Kansas one of the top agricultural-producing 
states in the entire country.

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