Southern States Cooperative supplies small, medium, and large commercial farmers with livestock and animal feed, pasture seed, vegetable seed, farm fertilizers, farm supplies, bulk fuel, and crop services, including information and products to grow better crops.

VSS began distributing feed in 1925, added a fertilizer service in 1926 and started handling farm supplies and petroleum products a few years later.

And in 1960, Southern States and ten other regional co-ops formed a national seed-breeding research organization, FFR.

In 1978, Southern States moved its headquarters from downtown Richmond to the Brookfield office park in Henrico County.

[2] In 2018 Southern States sold its headquarters building at 6606 W. Broad St. to Thalhimer Realty Partners for approximately $15 million.

In 1964 one of Texas City Refining Inc. owners, the Grange League Federation, merged with Eastern States Farmers Exchange to become Agway.

[6] In October 1998, Southern States continued its growth by acquiring the wholesale and retail farm supply system of Gold Kist, Inc.