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# Aligned Ag Distributors

Independent Local Businesses Uniting for Success

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## Posts

- [Pratum Cooperative Joins Aligned Ag Distributors Ownership Group](https://alignedagdistributors.com/pratum-cooperative-joins-aligned-ag-distributors-ownership-group/) - AAD is adding a new owner, Pratum Cooperative, based in Salem, Oregon.
- [How AAD Assesses Partners](https://alignedagdistributors.com/how-aad-assesses-partners/) - AAD President Mary Tolke and her team have worked together with AAD owners to build a four-step vetting process for suppliers.
- [AAD owners among nation’s top ag retailers](https://alignedagdistributors.com/aligned-ag-distributors-owners-among-nations-top-ag-retailers/) - AAD provides owners independence through interdependence.
- [AAD owners climb CropLife Top 100 list](https://alignedagdistributors.com/aad-owners-climb-croplife-top-100-list/) - Seven AAD owners who uniquely embody the spirit of service
- [Leading Southeastern retailer Carolina Eastern joins AAD owner roster](https://alignedagdistributors.com/leading-southeastern-retailer-carolina-eastern-joins-aligned-ag-distributors-owner-roster/) - AAD is adding a new owner, Carolina Eastern, Inc.
- [2023 crop protection product market outlook](https://alignedagdistributors.com/2023-crop-protection-product-market-outlook-shifting-supplies-and-volatile-logistics/) - Shifting supplies and volatile logistics
- [Components of a successful retail customer relationship](https://alignedagdistributors.com/components-of-a-successful-retail-customer-relationship/) - Components of a successful retail customer relationship
- [AAD owners among top ag retailers in California, U.S. - CropLife](https://alignedagdistributors.com/aad-owners-among-top-ag-retailers-in-california-u-s-croplife/) - Four of the top eight ag retailers in the state of California, according to a report from CropLife, are current AAD
- [Navigating the Complexities of Crop Protection](https://alignedagdistributors.com/navigating-the-complexities-of-crop-protection/) - Do what you do best with Aligned Ag
- [Navigating choppy ag retail waters](https://alignedagdistributors.com/navigating-choppy-ag-retail-waters/) - Aligned Ag Distributors owners discuss strategies to adapt to tight times
- [What AAD ownership means to ag retailers around the country](https://alignedagdistributors.com/what-aad-ownership-means-to-ag-retailers-around-the-country/) - Evolving business models like the one AAD offers its owners are helping independent ag retailers collaborate.
- [McGregor, AAD owners help guide ARA work in leadership roles](https://alignedagdistributors.com/mcgregor-aad-owners-help-guide-ara-work-in-leadership-roles/) - AAD owners stepped into leadership positions at the recent 2021 ARA Conference
- [ARA honors AAD owners for commitment to ag retail industry](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ara-honors-aad-owners-for-commitment-to-ag-retail-industry/) - AAD receives new honors recognizing their achievements and leadership in the industry.

## Pages

- [Home Page](https://alignedagdistributors.com/) - Aligned Ag Distributors unites independent ag retailers across the U.S. with the buying power, strategic support, and supplier access needed to thrive. Discover how to join our cooperative network today.
- [News](https://alignedagdistributors.com/news/) - Stay up-to-date with the latest insights and trends in the ag retail industry. Read how Aligned Ag Distributors is shaping the future of agriculture.
- [Management Team](https://alignedagdistributors.com/about-us/the-team/) - Mary Tolke President and CEO Kyle Bloom Procurement Manager John Blackford Crop Protection and Retail Program Manager Tjode Cooper Regional Supply Manager April Pearson General Counsel JP Hyde Controller Dennis Barry Finance
- [Home 4](https://alignedagdistributors.com/home-4/) - More Power to YouMore Focused SuccessMore StrengthMore Profit & GrowthMore Power to YouMore StrengthMore Focused SuccessMore Profit & Growth Benefits of AAD Ownership Are you ready to take advantage of the united opportunities offered through Aligned Ag Distributors while maintaining your local independence? Learn More Benefits of AAD Ownership Are you ready to take advantage
- [About Us](https://alignedagdistributors.com/about-us/) - Learn how Aligned Ag supports locally-owned ag retailers through national partnerships, shared resources, and member governance.
- [Ownership](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/) - Explore membership benefits with Aligned Ag Distributors—agronomic innovation, collective bargaining, and local autonomy for today’s ag retailer.
- [AAD Owner Profiles](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/) - Jed Walton President, PCA Big Valley Ag Services Carl Hoff President and CEO Butte County Rice Growers Association View Profile > Clay Houchin CEO Buttonwillow Warehouse Company View Profile > Butch Rodgers Vice President and Partner Carolina Eastern View Profile > Terry Talbot President and CEO Colusa County Farm Supply, Inc. View Profile > Mike
- [Contact](https://alignedagdistributors.com/contact-us/) - Maintain your independent ag retail freedom while partnering with experts in navigating product sourcing and negotiating best pricing – worldwide.
- [Archived News](https://alignedagdistributors.com/archived-news/) - News from AAD AAD owners among nation’s top ag retailers December 19, 2022 AAD provides owners independence through interdependence. Read More > 2023 crop protection product market outlook December 6, 2022 Shifting supplies and volatile logistics Read More > Components of a successful retail customer relationship September 22, 2022 Components of a successful retail customer
- [BUCRA](https://alignedagdistributors.com/bucra/) - For more than a century, BUCRA has exemplified what it means to invest wisely in serving growers. Founded in 1914 by 30 rice farmers pooling $10 each, BUCRA has evolved into a full-service cooperative serving more than 400 growers across the Sacramento Valley, with divisions spanning agronomic services, seed, marketing, and drying/storage. Today, it supports
- [Buttonwillow Warehouse Company](https://alignedagdistributors.com/buttonwillow-warehouse-company/) - Clay Houchin, CEO of Buttonwillow Warehouse Company, is a third-generation leader in California ag retail and a proud owner of Aligned Ag Distributors (AAD). His story highlights why joining AAD is a smart move for independent ag retailers looking to stay competitive, serve growers better, and build a sustainable business for the future. Stronger Together: AAD
- [Carolina Eastern](https://alignedagdistributors.com/carolina-eastern/) - Carolina Eastern, a family-owned leader in ag retail since 1972, has built its success on independence, innovation, and a deep commitment to serving progressive family farmers across the Southeast and beyond. With over 40 locations from Georgia to Maine, we know firsthand the challenges-and opportunities-facing independent ag retailers today. Why Did We Join Aligned Ag
- [Owner Profile: Carl Hoff](https://alignedagdistributors.com/carl-hoff/) - Smart investment, industry engagement drive Sacramento Valley ag retailer Thirty rice farmers came together in 1914 and pooled their resources — $10 per person — to create storage for their crops after harvest. So was born Butte County Rice Growers Association (BUCRA). A lot has changed in the almost 110 years since, but the spirit
- [Owner Profile: Butch Rodgers](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/butch-rodgers/) - Carolina Eastern: A forward-looking family company, through and through Ashton Phillips and Samuel Rodgers grew up in South Carolina farm country 20 miles apart about halfway between Columbia and Myrtle Beach. They wouldn’t meet until around 1965 but became fast friends, and seven years later, founded what’s today Carolina Eastern, a leading agriculture service provider
- [Owner Profile: Ian McGregor](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/ian-mcgregor/) - From sheep to crop protection: A story of constant evolution Ian McGregor’s ancestors were part of the westward expansion of the U.S. in the 19th century, though their eventual entry into agriculture didn’t go as originally planned. Once sheepherders in the rolling hills of the Palouse region in the Pacific Northwest, the family eventually found
- [Owner Profile: Todd Hudelson](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/todd-hudelson/) - Dedicated workforce drives success for California ag retailer Twenty-nine years ago, Todd Hudelson joined the Mid Valley Agricultural Services, Inc. team and started working his way up to his current position as the Linden, California-based ag retailer’s CEO. The length of his tenure isn’t unusual for the retailer that has seven locations and employs around
- [Owner Profile: Bob Willard](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/bob-willard/) - Mid-Atlantic ag retailer evolves, adapts to meet customer needs Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. The first half of the old proverb reached fruition just a few years ago for Bob Willard and his team at Willard Agri-Service in the form of broken product supply chains and difficulty maintaining
- [Owner Profile: Roy Young](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/roy-young/) - Flexibility, diversity key to retailer’s ability to service every acre Roy Young was a farmer in the 1980s, a time of massive challenges the memories of which are indelibly etched in just about every farmer’s mind who emerged from the Farm Crisis with his or her farm business intact. Lessons Young learned then are part
- [Owner Profile: Ernie Roncoroni](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/ernie-roncoroni/) - California retailer evolves to stay ahead of high costs, customer needs He’s quick to joke that it takes a lot of “whiskey and cigars” to get through some of the challenges he and his customers face right now in the Sacramento Valley of California — an area where agriculture is facing a combination of natural
- [Owner Profile: Mike Kennedy](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/mike-kennedy/) - Flexibility is job #1 for diversified western ag retailer Mike Kennedy covers a lot of ground at Green Valley Farm Supply, Inc. With locations stretching from Watsonville on California’s Central Coast to Yuma in the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona, the ag retailer’s customers range widely in what they grow and the environments in which
- [Owner Profile: Terry Talbot](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/terry-talbot/) - Budgeting key to helping ag retailer, customers weather tough times Growers in Colusa County, California — one of the most diversified agricultural areas in the country — are adapting and doing what they can to sustain their operations amidst some of the greatest challenges the region’s faced in the last century. Some of the toughest growing
- [Owner Profile: Clay Houchin](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/clay-houchin/) - Transparency, service ethic drive California retailer Clay Houchin is the CEO of one of the last family-owned ag retailers in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The company that started out as a grain warehouse in Bakersfield, California, in 1963 is now Buttonwillow Warehouse Company, a full-service ag retailer with 12 locations stretching from Santa
- [Owner Profile: Jed Walton](https://alignedagdistributors.com/ownership/owner-profiles/jed-walton/) - After Graduating from CSU, Chico with a Bachelors of Science degree in Agricultural Business, Jed went straight to work for the Butte County Cooperative Extension office under Farm Advisor, Bill Olsen. After helping to conduct numerous research trials in orchard crops throughout his 4 years there, he left the Cooperative Extension and came to work

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