GGC News
Johnson discussed Annual Meeting Theme ‘Due Diligence’
the future of Golden Growers Cooperative. “For the most part, we discussed the potential of achieving a long-term joint venture with Cargill OR a buyout of Golden Growers interest at the end of 2026 for an agreed upon price of $81 million.” Johnson explained that a successful joint venture would depend on co-locating a project at the ProGold site that would consume a significant portion of the grind. Whether or not that will happen will depend on numerous factors that are not within the cooperative’s…
Annual Meeting Pays Tribute to Lyle Hovland
In the past year, Golden Growers lost a great friend in Lyle Hovland. “It would be hard to find a more dedicated member of our Golden Growers family,” said Chairman Brett Johnson. Johnson explained that Lyle was at the first meeting of Northern Corn Processors, the predecessor to Golden Growers, on July 27th of 1993. Lyle then became an elected member of the Golden Growers board in May of 1995.
Lyle dedicated 15 years of service to our cooperative and he rarely missed an annul meeting or…
Members Elect Three Directors
GGC members elected three directors at the 2024 Golden Growers Annual Meeting.
For the North District, members re-elected Blane Benedict of Sabin, ND. For the South District, members re-elected Larry Vipond of Herman, MN.
And for the At-Large Director position, Mark Harless was elected to replace Scott Jetvig who chose not to seek re-election.
Chairman Brett Johnson expressed his sincere thank you to retiring board member Scott Jetvig who served since 2015. Scott most recently served as…