Brief History of CFC Farm & Home Center
(Culpeper Farmers' Cooperative, Inc.)
 

In October of 2007 Culpeper Farmers’ Cooperative Inc. celebrated its 75^th anniversary.  Culpeper Farmers’ Cooperative, Inc. has had only five presidents and six general managers in its over 75 years of operation.  At the end of 2007, total retail sales from all six locations were over 32 million dollars. In the spring of 2005, the retail stores rolled out a new logo and the names were changed to CFC Farm & Home Center. The original orange, green and white Co-op diamond logo was incorporated into a rectangular logo that consisting of a stylized diamond on a section of fence. This was done to help consolidate all 6 retail locations in the mind of the consumer and to encourage people who where not farmers or members to shop our stores. A 75^th anniversary logo was created and used from June through December of 2007.

CULPEPER CFC FARM & HOME CENTER -- The Co-op was organized in 1932 as the Cooperative Farm Bureau in a rented building on Wausau Street with a total of 205 members paying dues of $1,230.  In addition to the dues from members, the Co-op began operation by borrowing $10,000 at 6% interest. Total sales at the end of the first year of operation were $84,435 (fourteen-month period from 10/32 to 12/33).  The business was moved to the present location in 1960 after a fire in 1959 at the Wausau Street (presently County Farm Service) facility. A fertilizer plant and feed mill are included in the Culpeper facilities.  The present feed mill was constructed in 1976, expanding the capacity of the original mill which started operations in the early 1960's. A retail store remodeling and expansion was completed in the fall of 2006. Total sales in 2006 for the Culpeper store were $8.5 million.

MORRISVILLE CFC FARM & HOME CENTER -- The Remington Co-op opened its doors in March of 1940 in a leased facility. At the end of 1940 Remington recorded total sales of $51,045; with a total of $92,559 in sales at the end of its first full year of operation in 1941.  In 1948 the Co-op purchased the Embrey building, which was used as a hotel in the early 1900's, and moved to this location on Main Street in downtown Remington. In the same year, the warehouse and tanks across the street were purchased from the Remington Milling Company and added to the facility. Construction of a new store about 5 miles south of Bealeton on Route 17 was completed in the fall of 2006. The Remington location was closed and the property sold.  The new location was re-named Morrisville CFC Farm & Home Center due to its proximity to the hamlet of Morrisville, VA. At the end of 2006 sales at the Morrisville branch were over $4.2 million.

RAPPAHANNOCK CFC FARM & HOME CENTER -- The Rappahannock branch was added in 1952 in a facility located in the village of Sperryville.  Sales of the Rappahannock store were included in with the Culpeper store sales through 1954. At the end of the 1955 operating year the Rappahannock store posted total sales of $193,270. In 1979 the Co-op purchased and renovated the former Rediviva Cold Storage Co-op and apple-packing shed and moved to the present location. The Rappahannock store serves as the appliance distribution center for other Co-op stores. 2006 sales through the Rappahannock store totaled $3.6 million.

WARRENTON CFC FARM & HOME CENTER -- In July 1958, the Warrenton Co-op was formed with the purchase of Beach’s Feed Service located near the site of the present Depot.  Sales for 1958 totaled $115,327, with first full-year sales in 1959 totaling $161,175. In 1967, the Co-op was relocated at the present site after building a new facility on six acres of land leased from the Southern Railroad. A lawn and garden center was added in 1982. Total sales in 2006 were $4.3 million.

MARSHALL CFC FARM & HOME CENTER -- The Marshall store was added in 1979 with the purchase of the John W. Mills facility, including the present fertilizer plant. In 1979 the Marshall store operated as a fertilizer plant and recorded sales of $441,126. During 1980 the store expanded to include retail sales, with retail sales of $165,916 and fertilizer sales of $632,258.  1981 was the first full year as a retail operation, recording sales of $504,144.  In 1989 a new store was constructed, and opened for business in the spring. The Marshall store had retail sales of almost $9 million in 2006. This was the first year that a branch store had exceeded the Culpeper location in total sales dollar volume.

CAROLINE CFC FARM & HOME CENTER -– In February of 2007, the newest location in Ruther Glen, VA opened its doors. Located on Route 1, just ¼ mile north of the Carmel Church intersection, this store provides a retail facility for the many CFC customers who in the past were served by delivery service originating over 60 miles away in Culpeper.

MAURERTOWN -- In April of 1984 the Maurertown branch was added after the purchase of the Maurertown Feed and Supply (Purina dealership.)  1984 sales at Maurertown totaled $341,810; with the first full-year sales in 1985 at $567,763. Maurertown posted total sales in 2005 of $676,000 and was closed at the end of December that year.

ORIGINAL OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

October, 1932