This report examines the vital role that agricultural cooperatives perform in providing petroleum products to farmers and rural America. All aspects of cooperative involvement are documented, from acquisition of crude oil and natural gas and crude oil refining, to the wholesale and retail distribution of refined petroleum products. Fifteen regional and interregional cooperatives responded to a survey that asked detailed information on their petroleum operations. Cooperatives continue to be an important supplier of petroleum products for farm production, having a 41 percent share of marketing activity in 1993.