About Us

The view out your window may be changing, but the vision of our founding members remains clear and certain.

Elburn Cooperative is a dedicated grain merchandising, agronomy, feed, trucking, logistics and retail company that has serviced our community for over 88 years. We provide unparalleled service while maintaining value and integrity.

Our Mission: Elburn Cooperative continues to strive to be a premier agricultural-based company. Our dedicated, professional staff provides innovative services and quality products that help our customers and communities succeed.

At Elburn Cooperative, we progressively focus on the present and future needs of our customers, but we remain dedicated to our family and community values.

That’s the Elburn Cooperative difference.

 

In the News:

- "Coop-eration: 94-year-old mission to service farmers the same" - MyWebTimes.com, Kate Reynolds 10/21/2011 (Read Article)

- "Training for grain bin rescues" - DeKalb County Farm Bureau - Point of View, October 2011, Vol. 32, No. 10 (Read Article)

- Newark Grain Construction Update (View Photos)

- Elburn Construction Update (View Photos)

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Through Kane County Farm Bureau and a program called Harvest for ALL, local farmers provide proceeds from crops to help local food banks. Harvest for ALL helps restock local food pantries, promotes goodwill for the agriculture industry, and reminds the public where all food originates. It's another way for family farmers to fight hunger in Illinois.

2010 was a record year across the U.S. for grain bin accidents. Unfortunately, the number of deaths and injuries from grain entrapments has also increased in recent years.

A grain engulfment can occur in the following conditions. It only takes seconds for a person to be suffocated in any of these situations:

• When an employee stands on moving grain, which acts like quicksand and buries the worker.

• In a “bridging” condition, grain is clumped together due to moisture or mold, leaving an empty space underneath. An employee standing on top or below the bridge can be buried when it collapses.

• While standing next to a steep pile of grain, a worker can be buried when it collapses.

When a grain bin accident occurs, it is a serious, emergency situation, and local fire and paramedics teams are called in to assist. Standard safety procedures involve using rescue tubes and cutting holes in grain bin panels.

Because of our long-standing commitment to safety, Elburn Cooperative has donated to the following organizations:

DeKalb County Farm Bureau: Grain bin rescue training

Grundy County Farm Bureau: Ag Health, Safety and Education

Kendall County Farm Bureau: Liberty Rescue Vac (Oswego Fire Protection District)

Kane County Farm Bureau: Harvest For All

Elburn Cooperative has also donated to the following fire districts as an annual sponsorship to assist in purchasing the necessary grain rescue tubes:

Kaneland Public Fire & Safety Foundation

Maple Park Fire Department

Newark Fire & Ambulance Department

We encourage all of our employees and patrons to please put safety first when working near and handling grain.

 

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