Heritage and Agland announce merger will move forward

Heritage Cooperative and Agland Co-Op announced that a merger between the two is set to move forward. 

The planned merger, which will be finalized Sept. 1 if approved by regulators, was announced by Heritage Cooperative on Feb. 13.

According to a joint statement from the chairman of the board of directors from Agland Co-Op and chairman of the board of directors from Heritage Cooperative, the merger will be valuable to members, employees and communities.

The two companies announced their intentions concerning a merger in June and said at the time that the neither company expected to lose employees as a result of the merger. The merger is hoped to provide a broader spectrum of services to members overall.