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Country Sales -Producers Livestock Marketing Association (PLMA) employs a full-time staff of experienced livestock marketing specialists dedicated to assisting our members market their livestock directly from the members' facilities. This service provides convenience for members while reducing livestock stress and handling expense. PLMA's experience with direct marketing, and the Association's access to industry-wide markets, provides members with a profitable alternative to traditional marketing.
Order Buying - Producers Livestock has an established, long-standing reputation for obtaining quality replacements. Over the years, PLMA has cultivated dependable sources of livestock which assure reliability and integrity in transactions. Affiliation with other National Livestock Producers marketing agencies across the nation, and the Association's own network within our service region, provides the ability to access the right types and numbers of livestock to meet specific needs of our members.
Financial Services - Producers Livestock Credit Corporation (PLCC) is an affiliated financial services cooperative and a key element of Producers' family of services. For over 75 years, PLCC has served the financial needs of producers and feeders with loans for livestock, machinery, equipment, facilities, feed and production loans.
Feeder Program - PLCC's feeder program enables you the operator to fully utilize feed stocks and get the most efficient use of facilities. The feeder program can help feeders increase their ability to generate additional income using existing, or under utilized assets. PLCC can finance the cattle and the customer is responsible to care for the cattle and provide feed, labor, and management. The feeder program can be easily coordinated with the feeders' local lender or other financial institutions. Producers' livestock specialists can provide professional assistance in buying, selling and risk management.
Feedlot Program - PLCC's feedlot program allows the customer to feed cattle in a commercial feedlot. PLCC can finance the cattle and the customer is required to make a down payment referred to as a margin equity payment. PLCC will then advance for the feedlot costs of the cattle until they are sold.
Commodity Services - Producers Livestock specialists provide complete commodity brokerage services. Professional staff is available to work with our members in developing price protection and marketing strategies using futures markets. Strategic Marketing for Pork Producers - Producers Livestock Marketing is able to offer you a futures based contract on deliveries as small as 5,000 pounds. This contract will enable you to utilize the futures market as an effective pricing and risk management tool. |
