Research Reports

The findings from this report imply that the degree to which cooperatives are involved in the coordination of production and harvesting decisions is less than expected. [...]

During the 1960's, many rural local governments were believed to provide inadequate government services, which hindered rural development. Rapid growth in government spe [...]

The U.S. sheep and goat industry is in transition. Its producers have been forced to adjust to a more market-oriented environment with less Government income support, mo [...]

The structure and operations of local cooperative elevators were affected by excess storage capacity, modifications in Government programs, and other factors during the l [...]

This is a qualitative analysis of 2,000 written comments by members of two dairy cooperatives. Nearly all comments expressed levels of frustration and/or discontent. Th [...]

This study examines the evolving problems of member control in a large centralized dairy cooperative. It reviews the elected and appointed positions, the structuring of [...]

This seventh edition in a series of annual financial profiles of the 100 largest cooperatives in the United States found total revenues from marketing and farm supply sal [...]

A total of 2,002 local cooperative associations handled 5.1 billion bushels of grain during the 1985-86 marketing period. Cooperative grain storage totaled 3 billion bus [...]

An analysis of operations of 18 member locals and two Midwestern regional cooperatives shows that local use of regionals , management practices, and cooperative competiti [...]

Agricultural cooperatives use various types of instruments to finance operations to provide members services. Certain rights and obligations are associated with these in [...]