 In the 1980s the bank division became an independent operating unit as Rabobank Meppel and surroundings.In 1990 there was a merger among CLM, Aceco (Groningen) and CAF (Leeuwarden) resulting the Purchase and Sales Cooperative Meppel "(Aan- en verkoop Coöperatie Meppel - ACM)".The “old” Agrifirm - which has covered two-third of the Netherlands in terms of providing agricultural products and services (excluding Southern Netherlands) - was established due to the merger between ACM and Cavo Latuco (in Utrecht) in 2002.