Consequently, Abraham and other
SDSP staffers put a special emphasis on what Abraham calls "the unwritten rules," things like finding out which professors to avoid and researching a school's graduation rate for minority doctoral candidates.
Complete descriptions of programs at each site are featured on the
SDSP Web site (www.
In 1998, SDSP entered an exclusive supply agreement with USSC to manufacture soy-based polyols.
We are excited about the ever-growing potential of soy-based products and are thrilled with the early success of SoyOyl in plastics," says Rodney Christianson, CEO of SDSP, USSC and MnSP.
SDSP received VAPG funds to conduct a feasibility analysis and to establish a working capital account for new value-added products.
Neither SDSP, USPB nor Golden Oval plans to raise outside capital now, but their new structures allow for the possibility.
Neither Golden Oval nor SDSP requires farmer control.
With demand for products exceeding members' supply capability, SDSP will generate significant new sources of non-patronage income.
SDSP remains true to cooperative principles, such as the one-member, one-vote policy, CEO Rodney Christianson says.
SDSP plans to add an additional 20,000 bushels of daily capacity to further its ability to process soybeans at the lowest cost.
SDSP has acquired exclusive rights to supply soybean oil to Urethane Soy Systems Company Inc.
The
SDSP board passed a resolution that the co-op have no more than a 104 percent ratio of debt to equity.
