KAAPA - "Nebraska's Producer-Owned Ag Development Group" is a producer (farmer/rancher) cooperative. It's mission is to seek and acquire opportunities that can increase the profits and net worth of its members by providing those members with options to produce, or invest in, value-added agricultural projects, while offering the consumer quality products or services. Located in central Nebraska, KAAPA has approximately 500 members whose agricultural operations encompass nearly one million acres of land. The organization has continued to fulfill its mission through several initiatives since its incorporation in 1995. KAAPA's vision is to be a highly successfuly farmer-based alliance that is recognized throughout all of the grain belt, and beyond, as being an innovative organization that seeks, creates, and promotes value-added opportunities both for its members and for agriculture in general.