@article{Cummins:279985,
      recid = {279985},
      author = {Cummins, David E.},
      title = {Wheat Grain Cooperatives Adjust to Challenges of 1980s,  Poised for 1990s},
      address = {1994-06},
      number = {1502-2018-7757},
      pages = {69},
      year = {1994},
      abstract = {This report presents information for 1983 through 1991 on  the physical and financial structure adjustments made by  local first-handlers-of-grain cooperatives in three major  wheat areas-Northern Plains, Southern Plains, and Pacific  Northwest. They had annual total sales of at least $5  million, more than half in grain. Most associations also  handled farm supplies and all provided related services.  Local cooperative grain handlers faced abrupt changes in  export markets for grains and oilseeds, shifts in  Government policy, and occasional drought, accompanied by  wide swings in grain prices. Most associations represented  in this report adjusted successfully to changing economic  conditions through sound financial management of  particularly long-term debt and operating capital. The  economic position of most locals improved in the latter  half of the period due in part to increased patronage from  their regional cooperatives.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/279985},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.279985},
}