Lucknow Co-Operative Recognized for Management Excellence

 

The Lucknow District Co-operative Inc., a member of GROWMARK in Ontario, is pleased to announce it has won the GROWMARK System Management Excellence Award. The award is presented to the top five performing companies in the GROWMARK System based on operating efficiency in the 2023 fiscal year. The winners were recently announced in January during the organization’s Cooperative Leadership Conference held in Tucson, Arizona. For the duration of the award’s existence, the Lucknow Co-operative has been consistently listed as one of the top five performing companies in the award category.

Executive Director of Ontario Operations, Claude Gauthier, says General Manager Allan Scott is no stranger to being recognized for his outstanding performance leading the co-operative and representing area farmers. “Lucknow has won this award three times previously in 2017, 2019, and 2021,” he said. “This award is a testimony to Allan’s character and effectiveness as a leader and his commitment to our co-operative.”

The Lucknow District Co-operative Inc. was established in 1944, and 2024 will mark its 80^th year in business. The co-operative provides its more than 1,800 members and customers of Huron and Bruce Counties with livestock feed, agronomy products and services, consumer goods, including hardware and clothing, and petroleum products and services. Lucknow Co-op is a shareholder-owner of GROWMARK, Inc. and markets products and services under the FS banner.

GROWMARK is an agricultural cooperative serving almost 400,000 customers across North America, providing agronomy, energy, facility engineering and construction, and logistics products and services, as well as grain marketing and risk management services. Headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois, GROWMARK owns the FS trademark, which is used by member cooperatives. More information is available at Growmark.com.