GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IAOS) was founded in 1894 by Sir Horace Plunkett, an Anglo-Irish politician with a keen interest in agriculture and rural affairs. He had established a cooperative on his family estate at Dunsany as early as 1878.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are two primary types of agricultural service cooperatives: supply cooperatives and marketing cooperatives. Supply cooperatives supply their members with inputs for agricultural production, including seeds, fertilizers, fuel, and machinery services.

Detailed explanation-3: -CHS, Inc. CHS Inc., headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota (an energy, farm supply, grain and food co-op), is the nation’s largest agricultural co-op (in fact, the largest U.S. co-op of any kind) and has held the top position for many years.