Since then, AGP has both expanded its refining capacity and formulation capability due to increased demand from food companies. Today, AGP invoices nearly 600 specific formulations of vegetable oils appearing as ingredients in food products that consumers use on a daily basis. The next dimension is the new soybean oil pricing program. Looking ahead, AGP expects to remain competitive in a global marketplace. In the coming millennium, world .
International markets are critical to the success of our industry.
During challenging financial times on the farm, the mission of AGP to add value beyond the farmgate by returning earnings to farmers through their local cooperatives becomes even more crystal clear. For four years he was chairman of the National Oilseeds Processing Association. In this interview, he discusses the cooperative's progress .and aspects of his management philosophy. AGP serves local cooperatives and their agricultural producer owners by performing the primary business functions of acquisition, processing and marketing of agricultural products. It adds value to farm commodities and flows its earnings to producers through member cooperatives.