A Polk County farm boy took on Big Oil — and built an empire for farmers

Oct 3, 2026 - 18:00
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A Polk County farm boy took on Big Oil — and built an empire for farmers
PLEASANT HOPE, Mo. — Long before Howard Cowden, born in 1893, sat across from the prime minister of Iran to talk about oil, long before he attended early sessions of the United Nations or helped build one of the largest cooperative businesses in America, there was a farmhouse along the Pomme de Terre River in [...]

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