Alabama Farmers Cooperative Inc

Alabama Farmers Cooperative, originally the Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Cooperative, was organized in Decatur, Alabama in 1936 by a group of local county Co-ops. Upon becoming a single entity, the new cooperative developed a modest plant in Decatur to satisfy the farmers' need for fairly priced fertilizer. Over the years, AFC acquired or built additional facilities. Today, AFC has storage facilities for both liquid and dry fertilizer, throughout the areas that it serves. By the 1940s the Co-op began making feed for local cattle and hog farmers. By the 1950s, they were selling tires, lubricants and tools. In 1957, in order to provide a more direct and ready market for farmers' grain, AFC added a grain marketing ( www.alafarm.com )