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Local Entrepreneur Named 2019 Young Retailer of the Year
INDIANAPOLIS– TJ Colson, director of store operations for Wilco in Mt. Angel, Oregon, was recently named one of the independent hardware industry’s seven 2019 Young Retailer of the Year honorees by the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA). The Young Retailer of the Year program, now in its 23rd year, identifies and promotes the next […]
Wilco Donates $1 Million to FFA
ANGEL, Ore., May 13, 2019 – Wilco, an agricultural cooperative serving farmers and customers in Oregon and Washington, announced that it has donated more than $1 million to the FFA organizations in the two states it serves through its FFA Forever campaign, launched in 2011. The funds represent donations from the cooperative, its employees, its […]
Foliar Nutrition
Fertility is one of the cornerstones of Agronomy, and for hazelnuts, it is one of the biggest contributors to yield and quality. In testing nuts for proper fill, fertility was the second largest contributing factor after water availability, in two small trials we performed in 2017 and 2018. While dry spring fertilizer is the most […]
Wilco Co-op grows with the Expo
The 3,000 farmer-members own farm stores, bulk fuel operations, Valley Agronomics and Hazelnut Growers of Oregon. By Geoff Parks | For the Capital Press Published on November 1, 2018 8:43AM Besides a longtime relationship based on business and a deep involvement in the agriculture industry, Wilco Farmers Co-op shares another particular trait with the Willamette […]
How Oregon Works: Why ‘Hands-off’ hazelnuts are booming in Oregon
Tom Aman, one of three Aman brothers who work the family hazelnut business, during a day of harvest at their Mount Angel orchard recently.CATHY CHENEY|©PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL By Pete Danko – Staff Reporter, Portland Business Journal Oct 9, 2018, 2:52pm Hazelnuts are obviously a great fit for the Willamette Valley — thanks to the right […]
Oregon FFA and Les Schwab Are Working Together To #DriveAwayHunger
The public is encouraged to drop food donations at any Les Schwab tire center, Wilco farm store or a local FFA chapter. <hr> Fall is here which means a trip to the pumpkin patch to enjoy hay rides and caramel apples is likely in store. As the seasons change, the need to help fight hunger […]
Wilco Purchases Bartels Show Feeds of Powell Butte, OR
Wilco, a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative from Mt. Angel, Oregon, has agreed to purchase Bartels Show Feeds of Powell Butte, Oregon and will relocate the business to their Redmond, Bend, and Prineville stores. REDMOND, OREGON – Timing was perfect for both Bartels Show Feeds and Wilco. As the business’ only employees, Owners Rich and Cathy Bartels […]
Wilco’s roots as a cooperative support a flourishing work environment: Top Workplaces 2018
For a seventh consecutive year, Wilco’s employees successfully nominated it as one of The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Top Workplaces. By Eric Mortenson | For The Oregonian/OregonLive | Posted September 27, 2018 at 07:57 PM Wilco is a winner in The Oregonian/OregonLive’s 2018 Top Workplaces competition. This is one of the company’s farm stores in Canby. (Randy L. […]
Wilco Opens 3rd Store in Central Oregon
Redmond is now the home to Wilco’s third store in Central Oregon, the 20th overall store for the Oregon-based cooperative. Wilco, one of the largest farmer and rancher-owned cooperatives in the Northwest, began their expansion into Central Oregon years ago with the purchase of Round Butte Seed’s retail business in Bend and Prineville. Soon after […]
Hazelnut facility ready for upcoming harvest
Hazelnuts will be processed for the first time this year at the new facility built by Wilco-Hazelnut Growers of Oregon. Mateusz Perkowski Capital Press Published on August 15, 2018 9:12 AM A new processing facility built by the Hazelnut Growers of Oregon cooperative is ready for the next crop of hazelnuts when harvest begins next […]
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