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GROWMARK Presents Chairman's Award to John Knobloch of AGRILAND FS

Date Posted: September 5, 2008

Chicago, IL—AGRILAND FS, INC. General Manager John Knobloch received the prestigious Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Management from GROWMARK Chairman Dan Kelley at the cooperative’s annual meeting in Chicago.

AGRILAND FS is based in Winterset, Iowa.

The Chairman’s Award is the highest honor GROWMARK bestows to member cooperative managers who have achieved outstanding results in the following management categories: percent or dollars of sales increase, credit administration, operating expense efficiency, and return on invested capital.

The Chairman’s Award is given to general managers whose performance has placed them within the top 20 percent of GROWMARK member cooperatives in each of the key management areas.

Acknowledging Knobloch for his performance, Kelley said,

“The cooperative earning the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Management is committed to combining teamwork, an ongoing eye on improvement, customer service, and good business decisions.”

Since its inception in 1962, 41 general managers have received the award.

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