agricultural business that offers feed for livestock and poultry as well as seed fertilizers and herbicides . 1 2 3 agway grain silos on route 130 in bordentown new jersey . history edit agway was formed on july 25 1964 from a merger between the grange league federation and eastern states farmers exchange . 2 3 4 in 1965 the pennsylvania farm bureau cooperative merged into agway . 2 in 1980 agway purchased dairy company hp hood of lynnfield massachusetts . it was sold to catamount dairy holdings lp of boston in 1996 as part of downsizing due to overall financial losses since 1990 . agway also owned a significant share of curtice burns foods inc. of rochester new york from 1966 to 1994 part of holding company pro fac cooperative inc. from nearby pittsford new york which included the birds eye frozen foods brand . 5 in 1999 agway sold or closed all its retail outlets and sold their warehouse system to southern states cooperative . on october 1 2002 the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy . 3 6 the brand name is currently owned by southern states cooperative . references edit agway . hoovers . retrieved 2011 05 13 . a b c the 10th anniversary . observer reporter . july 22 1974 . retrieved 2011 05 20 . agway was joined a year later by pennsylvania farm bureau cooperative association . while agway is marking the beginning of its second decade of service ... a b c bruce l. anderson and brian m. henehan . what went wrong at agway pdf . retrieved 2011 05 13 . first a little history . agway was formed in 1964 the result of a merger between glf grange league federation and eastern states farmers exchange . a year later the pennsylvania farm bureau cooperative merged into agway . the result was a very large agricultural supply and marketing cooperative that covered 13 states spanning from maryland to maine to eastern ohio . ... eastern states grange merger . associated press . february 20 1964 . retrieved 2011 05 20 . the eastern states farmer s exchange voted 471 17 wednesday to consolidate with the cooperative grange league federation ... reference for business agway inc. company profile retrieved apr. 23 2015 . agway reveals chapter 11 plans . associated press . october 2 2002 . retrieved 2011 05 14 . agway inc announced plans monday to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in an effort to keep its businesses operating while it tries ... external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title agway & oldid 740221207 categories industrial agriculturecompanies established in 1964dewitt new york navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 september 2016 at 19 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view