We're currently doing what our stockholders want, adding value to soybeans and their investment. We have an extremely active membership. We meet with them twice yearly at regional meetings and at the annual meeting to apprise them of finances, the grain situation and technical subject areas ranging from transportation to marketing. We encourage producers to do business with their local cooperatives. If farmers insist on a lot of free services, it erodes the profits flowing back to them.
Nothing is free.
This is a time of high consolidation 'in agribusiness with movement toward some form of integrated food product systems. In the future, AGP may be processing-different commodities, perhaps in concert with an allied company. If alignment becomes important in the farm-food sector, AGP will find an alliance. Some members are already aligning in pork and wheat. We anticipate more shrinking of the number of locals into larger operations, much as has occurred with farms.