Roundtable: From Need to Necessity - Why Cooperatives Matter in the 21st Century
Thu, Sep 10
|Zoom
Join the CFAES Center for Cooperatives and Mid America Cooperative Council (MACC) in discussion with Rocky Weber on "From Need to Necessity: Why Cooperatives Matter in the 21st Century". This program is part of MACC's Online Cooperative Roundtable series.
Time & Location
Sep 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Zoom
About The Event
Farmer and rural cooperatives were created to solve problems that individuals could not solve alone. Why does the model still matter today?
Join Rocky Weber of the Nebraska Cooperative Council for an engaging discussion connecting the cooperative business model’s origins to today's realities, exploring how economic change and evolving rural needs made the cooperative model a powerful tool for serving members and why the model remains essential in 2026 and beyond.
This program is part of MACC's Online Cooperative Roundtable series.
Meet the Expert
Rocky Weber is the President & General Counsel of the Nebraska Cooperative Council, a trade association representing agricultural cooperatives in Nebraska since 1945.