HomeFarm NewsNorthern Country and Viafield cooperatives mergingNorthern Country and Viafield cooperatives mergingMon, October 2, 2023 by Brownfield Ag NewsSHARE NOW brownfieldagnews.comTwo Upper Midwest cooperatives are merging.Members of Northern Country and Viafield voted in favor of a merger, and combined will employ more than 270 people and supply over 4,700 member-farmers in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.Northern Country CEO Jason Schwenneker tells Brownfield the new cooperative will be called Nexxus.“What I want to make sure people understand and know, and this is employees all the way to farmer-members, owners, customers, patrons, so forth, our job is to not go backwards.…Northern Country and Viafield cooperatives merging
