The boards of directors for All West/Select Sires, COBA/Select Sires, Select Sires MidAmerica and Minnesota/Select Sires have voted to merge as one cooperative.
“As a supporter of cooperatives, my goal was to help create something that would allow us to always remain a member-owned cooperative. We would be nothing without our members,” said Brett Gibbons, president of Select Sires MidAmerica. “This merger allows us to do just that, and from the beginning, it was evident that all of us wanted the same thing.”
The new cooperative, Select Sires Member Cooperative (SSMC), will represent 25 states and Mexico starting Oct. 1. SSMC will continue to be a farmer-led cooperative, with its headquarters in Columbus, OH. The office in Logan, UT, will serve as a joint operational headquarters, and other offices will remain open at this time.
