Agriculture Organizatons Merger Could be Named CentraGro Cooperatives

(AP) - If members of the South Dakota Wheat Growers and North Central Farmers Elevator approve a merger this summer, the name for the combined operation will be CentraGro Cooperatives.

The American News reports that board members of the two groups decided on the name earlier this week.

The two operations hope to create an even stronger, more sustainable business through a merger. Some farmers worry about what a merger could mean for competition, and they're planning to start a Facebook campaign to voice their opposition.

The Aberdeen-based Wheat Growers has more than 5,400 members in the eastern Dakotas. Ipswich-based North Central Farmers Elevator serves 2,500 members in north central South Dakota and south central North Dakota. Both have a history dating about 100 years.