A Team Dedicated to Success

The employees of Sunrise Cooperative, a leading agricultural and energy cooperative located in Ohio, begin each day dedicated to focusing their expertise on growing our customer-owner's success. We provide team-based solutions across multiple platforms including agronomy, grain, energy, feed, precision agriculture and crop nutrition through PCT | Sunrise.

Our employee onboarding program is focused on RISE, Recruiting Innovative Sunrise Employees. We strive to build our team around individuals who are creative, out of the box thinkers that have a desire to be successful and evolve their career.

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RISE FFA Career Program

Sunrise Cooperative, Inc. is pleased to announce the 2025 RISE FFA Career Program

Fremont, Ohio – May 1, 2025 During the opening session of the 97th Ohio FFA Sate Convention, Sunrise Cooperative, Inc. officially recognized its 2025 class of the RISE FFA Career Program. Joined on stage by George Secor, President/CEO of Sunrise, 14 graduating seniors were honored for landing full-time employment with Sunrise following their graduation.

Slated to join the Sunrise team are Caleb Tener from Greenon FFA, Cooper Zunis from Western Reserve FFA, Diton Farnsworth, Savannah Morrison, Landon Koch and Landon Gamble from South Central FFA, Drake Copeland of Waynesfield-Goshen FFA, Josie Stiner and Kayla Thobe from Miami Valley CTC FFA, Matthias Yelton of Sidney FFA, Willow Funk from Hillsdale FFA, Steven Opaliski from Firelands FFA, Sophia Sharp of Upper Valley CTC FFA and Zee Baker from Sentinel CTC FFA.

In addition to full-time employment, Cooper Zunis was selected as the top recipient and will receive a 2024 Jeep Gladiator, that the 2024-2025 Ohio FFA President Anna Moeller drove during her tenure, as a signing bonus. Along with his top honor, he earned a $1,000 FFA chapter donation from Sunrise.

Sunrise is also honored to present each new hire’s FFA chapter with a $500 chapter donation on their behalf. When the program began, Sunrise presented each new hire with a $250 chapter donation, but we were honored to begin doubling that amount a year ago.

Following graduation, these individuals will officially join the team at Sunrise and will work their way through our RISE FFA Career Program, otherwise referred to as Sunrise University. Over the next four years, our new hires will gain hands-on, real-life job experiences, while learning all facets of the cooperative. The goal of the program is continued employment after learning all facets of the cooperative and building a career. Candidates for the RISE FFA Career Program needed to be a 2025 high school graduate and active with their FFA chapter. They had to submit an application, along with an essay on how the FFA has prepared them for a career with Sunrise. The Ohio FFA Foundation reviewed and interviewed the applicants and made the selection of the recipients for a full-time position with Sunrise upon graduation. The RISE FFA Career Program was developed in 2019 and serves two purposes: provide an avenue to reach the future leaders of agriculture, while supporting the Ohio FFA Association State President during their term in office. Since its first class in 2020, Sunrise has hired 54 graduating seniors, and currently boast a nearly 85% retention rate. We began with hiring one senior in 2020 and have expanded each year hiring 14 seniors in both 2024 and 2025.

For more information on the Sunrise RISE FFA Career Program you can visit the Sunrise website at www.sunriseco-op.com/RISEFFA. The application process for the 2026 program will open in January of 2026. If you have any questions contact Morgan Niedermier, Vice President of Marketing, at (419) 332-6468 ext. 222 or through email at morganniedermier@sunriseco-op.com.

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Careers

Sunrise Cooperative offers a diverse and lucrative compensation and benefits package to all full-time employees. As a member of the Sunrise Cooperative team you receive:

Bi-weekly, direct deposit pay
Benefit package offers:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-term Disability
- Accident Insurance
- Illness Insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
Paid Time Off (PTO) allotted at hiring
Profit sharing based on company profitability

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Summer Internships

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Learn about the products and services offered, along operational procedures of the Sunrise agronomy, energy and precisions teams.

• Lead the scouting efforts on fields assigned. Fill out required forms and provide a scouting report to the agronomy team on a routine basis.

• Gain precision ag experience through soil and tissue sampling, analyzing results and making recommendations, as well as sales/installation of precision equipment.

• Develop marketing knowledge of products through placement of field signs and participating in regional grower, sales and operation meetings.

• Expand operations management knowledge in planning, logistics, labor management and dispatching.

• Educate farmers on risk management programs offered by Sunrise including VantagePointe®, Input Financing, Fertilizer Grain Ratio Program, etc.

• Enhance knowledge around crop nutrition, crop production, biologicals and seed treatment products developed and sold through our PCT | Sunrise® brand.

• Provide excellent customer service and assist customers as needed.

• Learn and experience the propane side of our energy business.

• Complete a summer project and present it to the Sunrise leadership team. All interns who present a project have the opportunity to receive a Sunrise scholarship. One scholarship will be awarded.

Questions? Contact Chris Horning: chrishorning@sunriseco-op.com

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