Two companies in Illinois that are part of Growmark Inc.’s FS cooperative system have joined forces. M & M Service Company, Carlinville, and Madison Service Company, Alhambra, officially combined operations of their agricultural supply, retail, and commercial energy and grain marketing organizations on April 1, 2011.
The newly-merged organization is doing business as M & M Service Company and will continue to serve farmers in the west-central Illinois counties of Macoupin, Madison, and Montgomery. The companies have been serving local farmer owners in that service area since 1927.
Brad Klaus, manager of M & M Service Company, will manage the new organization at the M & M headquarters in Carlinville. Klaus told Green Markets the merged company has some 19 locations in the three-county trade area, with a total of 155 employees. There are 19 members on its board of directors.
In addition to a full slate of dry and liquid fertilizer products and precision farming/custom application services, the cooperative handles grain, seed, turf products, propane, and fuel products. It also operates a number of Fast Stop convenience stores within its service area, and offers the FS Agri-Finance credit service to members.