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FarmingIllinois, United States51-200 Employees
The Equity is a farmer-owned cooperative and the largest independent agricultural cooperative in Illinois, operating in the farming industry. It offers a broad range of products and services, including agronomy, grain services, feed and livestock, energy, and hardware and supplies. The company serves a market area of about 20,000 square miles across Illinois and Indiana, with locations in Effingham, Stewardson, Lovington, Altamont, Marshall, Galton, Greenville, Farina, Alma, West Liberty, Dieterich, Montrose, Strasburg, Pana, Robinson, Horace, and St. Rose in Illinois and Farmersburg in Indiana. The Equity is headquartered in Effingham, Illinois and employs between 51 and 200 people. In recent years, The Equity expanded facilities to Altamont and, in 2024, acquired all grain facilities and assets of Littlejohn Grain, Inc. in Mattoon; Natasha Lilly was appointed Chief Financial Officer in October 2025.