Co-operatives place in challenging global markets

In the highly competitive global grain market where prices are weak of late due to a grain glut, Australia’s largest grain exporter CBH Group is showcasing the benefit of the co-operative business model to their grower members by helping to bring down costs.

Co-operatives are great custodians of infrastructure and the CBH’s export supply chain which includes 200 sites, 4 ports and rail/above rail assets means costs are reduced for their members.

Watch Dr Andy Crane, CEO CBH Group and Chair of the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals, and the ABC’s Ticky Fullerton, discuss the withdrawal of the AGC’s offer to corporatise Australia’s largest co-operative (by turnover) and why the co-operative model is fit for purpose in today’s challenging global markets.