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Mid-County
Fall
Messenger
INSIDE:
Page 2 - 3 Energy
Page 4 - 5 Agronomy
Page 6 - Auto, Truck, & Tire
Fall 2016 • Vol. 30
www.midcountycoop.com
The Mid-County Story
The older I get, the more I like old stuff
and the more I like to tell the Mid County
Story of our people, our customers and our
commitment to service with Honesty, In-
tegrity and Value.
We recently completed our 1941 antique
International
parade truck which made
Bill Reimers
its debut at the Stiftungfest parade. (See
General Manager
(952) 466-3721
pictures).
The
[email protected]
Mid-County shop
(Lynn Zellman
and others) performed the mechanical
work on the unit; it was a multi-year
project that we worked on when time al-
lowed. Storms Welding rebuilt the tank
and skirting on the unit. After the me-
chanical work was done, we handed the
unit off to Jerome & Bob Bergmann
from Hamburg, who took care of the
bodywork and paint. We fi nished the
truck just in the nick of time to par-
ticipate in the Stiftungfest Parade in
August.
Speaking of Lynn Zellman, he recently celebrated his 40th
year at Mid-County. His experience allows him to work on a
1941 International, as well as a 2016 Chrysler. The automobile
has obviously changed since he started his career in the mid
‘70s.
Other notable accomplishments within Mid-County: Paul,
Sue, Daniel and Clare Stuewe are this year’s Carver County
Farm Family of the year. Paul is the Secretary/Treasurer on the
Mid-County Board of Directors.
Aly Dieball, daughter of Jim and Wendy Dieball, traveled to
New York with her family for the National Junior Holstein Con-
vention. She participated in the national public speaking com-
petition for the third year in a row. Jim is also on the Board of
Directors.
The energy markets have been a bit of a roller coaster recently.
It has been very hard to identify a trend in the diesel fuel market;
it starts to gain strength only to back off again. Gasoline prices
declined at the end of August, but have been rising recently. One
reason is a pipeline from the Gulf of Mexico up to the Northeast-
ern part of the US ruptured and needed repair.
We have not been aggressive at this point to encourage our
customers to contract diesel for the fall, but
we are getting close to a point whereby we
have to take advantage of our large storage
capacity to ensure we have adequate sup-
ply for the fall. Whether you contract or fi ll
your tanks, diesel fuel is still a pretty good
value, under $2.00 per gallon on current
deliveries. We are starting to increase our
inventories in our storage facilities, but we
will probably want to end the season with
the tanks on the low side. When it comes to
value, I always look at what is the upside and
what is the downside. Right now we prob-
ably have minimal downside with fall har-
vest coming, and it is not uncommon to see
prices rise during harvest.
Mid-County’s fi scal year ended August 31, and we are eager
to give you a complete fi nancial report at our annual meeting this
December. We are very encouraged with the preliminary results
and expect to be close to last year’s record earnings.
With the strength of our balance sheet, we retired a substantial
amount of equities by the age of the stockholder and by the age
of the stock this past year. We also invested heavily into improv-
ing and expanding our fl eet, as well as several property improve-
ments. After all that, we still do not carry any long-term debt
with our lender.
Thank you for your support and keeping Mid-County a strong
company for over 80 years.
HONESTY • INTEGRITY • VALUE
AGRONOMY
FUELS • PROPANE • LUBRICANTS
710 Lake St., W., Cologne, MN 55322
(952) 466-3710
Serving You With Honesty, Integrity & Value since 1935
700 Lake St., W., Cologne, MN 55322
(952) 466-3720
700 Lake St., W., Cologne, MN 55322
(952) 466-3730
COLOGNE
Hwy. 212 & Hwy. 284, Cologne, MN 55322
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(952) 466-3700 • 888-466-3700 • 700 Lake Street West, P.O. Box 177, Cologne