November 25, 2005

Eaton-based cooperative comes of age at 100

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EATON – It was appropriate last month when Agland Inc. held its annual meeting and banquet that the guest speaker was Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Rulon Gardner.

Agland, now in its 100th fiscal year, has recently wrestled its way clear of some rugged market conditions.

Consequently, Agland is a company that’s aging well. Having endured from its startup days as a potato-farmers cooperative established in 1905, Eaton-based Agland now appears fit and trim.

At the annual meeting, Agland officials reported 12.4 percent top line growth after taxes, with sales totaling $83.6 million. The company also netted a tenfold increase in income for 2005,…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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