Dave Mottet General Manager

Welcome to the Conserv FS, Inc. web site. If you are a customer, thanks for your business! If you are a prospective customer, let me tell you a little about our company and our FS System.

Conserv Today
Our vision for the company is to "Be the best, most innovative, diversified cooperative." To achieve this vision, our company mission is to “Build successful, profitable partnerships with our patrons”.

Today, we market and distribute over $100,000,000 of products and services to businesses throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Conserv has four product areas; Energy, Crops/Seed, Grain and Turf.

Our energy department sells and delivers FS branded diesel fuel, gasoline, and lube oils and offers services associated with these products to farmers and commercial enterprises.

Our Crops/Seed department serves a thriving agricultural community, providing area farmers with superior products and services. Our full service approach allows you to implement a program that fits your farming practices. From seed treating capabilities to variable rate application, Conserv FS, Inc. stays on the leading edge of bringing new products and services that improve farm profitability.

The grain division provides valuable services to our agricultural community. With over a million bushels of storage capacity, we can manage all your grain needs. Specialty contracts are available as are basis and cash contracts and a variety of other tools designed to improve your marketing capabilities.

As urbanization has spread through our trade territory, growing more houses than corn or beans, we have evolved our business model with our Turf department. The Turf Division provides area landscapers, park districts, sports teams, and school districts with products needed to maintain healthy turf and ornamental plants.

Our facility operations manage over fourteen service centers throughout Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Our fuel delivery service runs with more than 25 tankwagons. This insures products are available to you on a timely basis and delivered to the right place at the right time.

How can we improve the profitability of your business? In most instances we provide our customers with product recommendations as well as management practice recommendations. Our industry certified sales people maintain a high level of knowledge and expertise in their respective areas and provide value to our customers by solving their problems. Ongoing training assures you our sales representatives have access to leading edge product and management practice information.

The Value of Knowledge
Conserv Certified Crops Specialists use Green Plan software and Precision Farming techniques to provide an integrated approach to raising a profitable crop. Properly prepared Nutrient Management Plans can reduce the amount of crop inputs needed to raise a crop and minimize the impact cropping operations have on the environment. Seed and crop protectant recommendations are matched with fertility levels, yield goals and your management practices in this process.

Conserv Certified Turf Specialists prepare integrated nutrient and pest management plans considering field usage goals, budgets, existing field conditions and preferred management practices. Turf renovation recommendations are available. Golf courses present specialized challenges in greens, tees and fairway turf management. Our golf course sales representatives have previous course superintendent experience and one is a Certified Golf Course Superintendent.

Conserv Energy Management Specialists can give you the latest information on cleaner burning, more environmentally friendly fuels available such as E-85 and Soy Diesel. Our new introduced line of high detergency gasoline AkroGold, helps keep your engines running at peak performance. Our Sales Specialists will recommend and deliver fuels and lubricants to reduce exhaust emissions, prolong engine life, and reduce your downtime. A full line of fuel dispensing equipment and installation assistance is also available.

Our employees implement our mission statement with exceptional professionalism each and every working day.

Our History
Today Conserv FS, Inc. services over ten counties throughout northern Illinois and Wisconsin. Mergers have played a significant role in enhancing purchasing capacity and service.

Our first merger was in 1930 between Lake and Cook County Farm Service Companies. From there more than 50 years passed before the merger with Kenosha – Racine Farm Supply. Mergers with Riverview FS in 2003 and most recently with Northern FS in 2004 have brought us to today with over $100 millions in sales.

The FS Cooperative System
Conserv was organized in 1928 under the Illinois Agricultural Cooperative Act. Local farmers put up the money, in return for shares of stock, and started the cooperative with the goal the company would provide products and services needed by the farmers to raise their crops.

At the same time other farmers in the state were also forming cooperatives. As more local cooperatives were formed, a need for a statewide cooperative became evident. So our regional cooperative, GROWMARK Inc., was formed to provide purchasing, distribution, and administrative support to the local cooperatives. Together Conserv and GROWMARK Inc. market products under the FS brand. And we commonly refer to our fellow local cooperatives and GROWMARK as the "FS System".

To become a member of our cooperative, two items need to be addressed. The first is you need to purchase products or services from us. The second is you will need to obtain a current membership in a local farm bureau. We will be happy to assist you in fulfilling both items! Profits earned by our company during our fiscal year are eligible for distribution to members based on the amount and type of product or service purchased by the member. The Conserv FS, Inc. Board of Directors determine the amount of profit (assuming there is a profit) to be distributed each year after the audited results are known. Typically profits are distributed in a combination of Conserv FS, Inc. stock and cash. Stock certificate redemption is determined by the Board of Directors annually. The directors are elected by the shareholders at our annual meeting.

For more information about becoming a member of our cooperative, please contact us. Benefits for each farm bureau will be outlined elsewhere in this webpage.

I’m proud of our employees and our company. I believe we are a good company to do business with and a good partner with the businesses that we serve. Our customer base includes many "big name", well-established successful businesses. We also serve many smaller businesses and are pleased to have played a part in their early success. Thanks again for visiting our web site.

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