Yenda Producers' Co-operative - Farming in the Dry

The Yenda Producers’ Co-operative Society Ltd (YPC) one of Australia’s oldest continuously operated co-operatives and one of its largest by annual turnover. In 2018 the co-operative turned over around $83.3 million, employed over 100 full and part-time staff and had about 1,500 members. Operating as a group, the co-operative provides a range of professional services and agricultural supplies such as fertilisers, chemicals, biologicals, seeds, and hardware. It provides a valuable case study of the economic and social benefits that the co-operative and mutual enterprise business model can deliver to regional communities.