Attempts were made in South Russia from the beginning of the 20th century to eliminate the middlemen in the trade of agricultural products, who were mostly non-Germans. The All Russian Congress of Germans suggested such atempts in 1917 and the Bessarabian Germans founded such an organisation. In 1921 the German Farm Association with headquarters in Tarutino was founded as a combination of German associations with the goal to eliminate the middleman.

Christian Necker, who played a front man role for the opening of community stores wrote about the beginnings of the farm association. ¹⁾ We exchanged ideas and came to the conclusion that our main goal had to be to unite all the German associations into one umbrella organization. Daniel Erdmann, the former president of the German Committee for Bessarabia suggested this, agreed with our plan and promised his support. On May 7 and May 8 of 1921 the foundation meeting of the farm association was held.

The association tasks were:

• Direct sales of agricultural products to large trade firms,
• Procurement of machinery and equipment necessary for farming,
• Procurement of other items needed by the population directly from the wholesaler or possibly directly from the producing firm.

…In the beginnning there was enthusiasm about the combination of all associations but soon disappointment and mistrust surfaced against this good thing. When association members were asked in 1926 to pay for the losses a crisis of distrust was created which took years of tedious explanation and effort to overcome.

The further development of the farm association until the Resettlement is described by Konstantin Mayer, ²⁾ Restructuring and the creation of trust efforts for the membership associations began from 1927-1935. Until 1925, the seat of the farm association was Tarutino. Tarutino was not on the rail line and it was a reason why the farm organization had to be moved. Dr. Broneske, in charge of leadership within the organization since 1927, realized this necessity. Moving to Arzis (1927) created a new foundation for this enterprise. By 1935, the farm association had overcome its misery. Trust was restored, as the annual sales of the following years document.

It was the goal of the farm association to sell the agricultural products at low cost, but just being on the market caused an increase of prices. The benefit to the farmers cannot be established, but Krasna farmers had direct and indirect benefits from this.

The grain business was handled by the related associations. The association established branch offices at all train stations of the German settlement region. It organized the purchase of grain and transportation to Braila, a port on the Danube. Next to the grain trade, the availability of farm implements mattered greatly. The farmers delivered the grain and took the required machinery in trade. Through the branch offices of the farm association in Galatz and Kischinev he organized the sale of butter and cheese, as well, to the cities even outside of Bessarabia. Later the purchase of wool and goose down was added. In the 1930's, eggs and pateurized milk were delivered to Bucharest.