Excerpts from the report: This report contains information provided and approved by 20 major regional cooperatives. A “regional cooperative” in this report refers to one that: (1) wholesales supplies to local retail cooperatives; (2) directly retails supplies to farmers over an area comprising a part of a State, an entire State, or several States; or performs both functions. A regional also may manufacture some of the supplies it distributes. The first section of this report gives detailed information on 20 of the major regional cooperatives handling supplies for their fiscal years ended in 1968 and 1969, and data on total sales, net margins, and total assets in 1970. Following the individual reports from the 20 associations, a summary is provided which consolidates the detailed information.
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Includes Association reports for the following 20 major regional cooperatives: Agway Inc., Syracuse, N.Y.; Farmland Industries, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.; Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.; FS Services, Inc., Bloomington, Ill.; Southern States Cooperative, Inc., Richmond, Va.; Midland Cooperatives, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; The Cotton Producers Association, Atlanta, Ga. (Gold Kist, Inc., as of December 1970); Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.; Farmers Regional Cooperative, Fort Dodge, Iowa; FCX, Inc., Raleigh, N.C.; Western Farmers Association, Seattle, Wash.; The Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc., Columbus, Ohio (Landmark, Inc., as of 1971); Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, La Vergne, Tenn.; L.and O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. (Land O’ Lakes, Inc., as of 1970); Pacific Supply Cooperative, Portland, Oreg.; M.F.A. Milling Company, Springfield, Mo.; Farm Bureau Services, Inc., Lansing, Mich.; Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, Inc., Lansing, Mich.; Southern Farmers Association, North Little Rock, Ark.; Pacific Growers, Inc., San Leandro, Calif.
