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Abstract
A survey of U.S. farmer-owned cooperatives ending their business year during calendar year 2001 showed a net income of $1.36 billion, up from $1.28 billion in 2000. Gross and net business volumes were also up for the 3,229 cooperatives surveyed. Assets and liabilities were down and net worth was about the same. Business volume by commodity handled is reported for all cooperatives. Number of cooperatives, cooperative memberships, and number of employees are classified according to marketing, farm supply, and service function. Trends in cooperative numbers, memberships, employees, business size, sales volume, net income, assets, liabilities, and net worth are reported along with data on selected activities of other cooperative service organizations.