Following passage of the Packer and Stockyards Act of 1921, the National Livestock Producers Association (NLPA) was founded in direct response to diminishing markets and excessive supplies of livestock. The realization that producers needed to work together to battle marketing problems led to the development of livestock cooperatives nationwide.

When the Federal Farm Board was established in the early 1930s the National Livestock Producers Association took on a new role as a capitalization vehicle for several livestock credit corporations across the country. The credit corporations were formed to make needed credit available to the producers through organizations that would specialize in working with livestock lending. Many of those original credit corporations are still in existence today.

A Diversity of Service and Expertise

Innovation, specialization and sophistication are but a few of the descriptions used when referring to the members of the National Livestock Producers Association. In order to fully serve their patrons and customers, the members have worked together to create new financing, marketing and feeding programs to meet the challenges facing the livestock producer. Some of the services include: