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Statêra, http://www.Statera.com, a leading provider of IT staffing, consulting, IT project management, outsourcing and cloud services brokerage, announces hole sponsorship at the 2013 Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association Annual Employee Golf Tournament. Englewood, CO (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Statêra, “We Make Cloud and IT Services Easy™,” announces that they will sponsor a hole at the 2013 Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association Annual Employee Golf...
Survey & Ballot Systems announces the release of the Cooperative Election Handbook, a best practice guide that reveals benefits of well-run elections, common misconceptions, and strategies for well-run voting events. Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Cooperatives around the country are realizing the benefits of engaging elections: improved member satisfaction, greater participation, increased transparency, and cost savings. But until now, there hasn’t been a resource that defined...
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), an energy grains and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, and the Aurora Cooperative, a leading grain marketer and agricultural supplier throughout Nebraska and the U.S., announced formation of a limited liability company (LLC) to build and operate a high-speed shuttle loading facility near Superior, Nebraska. The new entity, Superior East, LLC expects to begin construction...
US Department of Agriculture deserves credit for its progress ATLANTA, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pigford consent decree on April 14, 1999 marked a productive first step toward compensating thousands of black farmers who faced decades of discrimination from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) over a 16-year period. Fourteen years later, as the commitments in the settlement are complete, the Network of Black Farm Groups and Advocates claim the lawsuit succeeded....
GLEN ALLEN, Va., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) will discuss year end 2012 results during a conference call at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120313/PH69731LOGO) Investors, media and the public are invited to participate by phone or by internet webcast. To join via phone, call (877) 546-5019 within the US and Canada or (857) 244-7551 internationally, and enter the passcode 36976824....
RALEIGH, N.C., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Senate passed a resolution late Tuesday night honoring linemen for their work in keeping the power on and designating April 18, 2013 as 'National Lineman Appreciation Day.' The bill, introduced last week by Sens. Isakson (R-GA) and Bennet (D-CO), moved quickly and was passed by unanimous consent, including support from N.C. Sens. Richard Burr (R) and Kay Hagan (D). It serves two main purposes - it "recognizes the...
Pension dollars fund urgent repairs, reduce operating costs at labor-sponsored cooperative NEW YORK, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) today announced that it is providing $89 million of pension capital to repair damage from Hurricane Sandy at Amalgamated Warbasse Houses, one of New York's largest union-sponsored housing cooperatives located in Brooklyn's Brighton-Coney Island community. The loan allows the co-op to replace the...
Teachers can apply April 1 for education grants RALEIGH, N.C., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- North Carolina's electric cooperatives have pledged nearly $600,000 to the state's teachers in Bright Ideas education grant funding for the 2013-14 school year and are accepting grant applications beginning April 1. About 500 grants will be awarded directly to educators statewide this year for creative, hands-on classroom projects that would not otherwise be funded. Teachers can...
CHICAGO, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The New England Regional Health Care Cooperative (NERHCC), based in Holyoke, Mass., today announced a multiyear agreement for supply chain services with UHC, effective March 1. Members of NERHCC recently expressed an interest in having a full contract portfolio to complement the cooperative's portfolio of mostly regional, committed contracts. After soliciting proposals, NERHCC concluded that the affiliation with UHC best aligns with the...
BELLE GLADE, Fla., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Although cloudy skies during the grand growth period for sugarcane and last year's drought conditions impacted overall cane growth, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative produced its 7(th) largest crop in its 51 year history. The 141 day crop commenced on Oct. 23, 2012 with liquidation completed on March 15, 2013. The 46 grower-members of the Cooperative produced 3,082,397 tons of sugarcane grown on 68,373 acres of land primarily in Palm...
