Service Reports (SR)

Contents: Proposed Fruit Packing and Storage Plant (Acreage and Production Statistics – Storage Facilities and Marketing Information – Estimated Cost of Proposed Facilit [...]

Excerpts: Farmers today must meet the needs of mass merchandising and direct buying or be bypassed by others willing and able to do so. We see increased need for larger [...]

Excerpts: A live grading program with the payment of price differentials for different grades of hogs has become an accepted practice and is now followed by several mark [...]

Excerpts: This report gives the results of the first phase of a two-phase study made by Fanner Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at the request of dir [...]

Excerpts from the Preface: This is an exploratory study to determine: (1) Transportation methods and programs that offer the greatest potential for coordinating the inte [...]

The study reported on in this publication was made at the request of members of the Cooperative Processors Association, who meet each year at National Canners Association [...]

Increasing interest in bargaining by agricultural cooperatives is expressed each year at the National Conferences of Bargaining Cooperatives. Through the years, the Proc [...]

This report covers the development, growth, and present status of fruit and vegetable cooperatives that market, process, and bargain. It summarizes information on number [...]

Excerpt from the report Summary: The cooperative criteria tentatively resulting from this study show that: 1. The basic purpose of cooperatives is to render economic ben [...]

Excerpts from the report: This report examines organizational and operational features of cooperatives operating looseleaf tobacco auction warehouses. Information from [...]