Excerpts from the report: This report contains information provided and approved by 19 major regional cooperatives handling farm supplies and equipment. Their common characteristics are: 1. They handle a diversified line of supplies and equipment, such as feed, seed, fertilizer, petroleum, and general supplies and equipment used primarily in farming operations. Some supplies are used in farm homes and by nonfarmers. 2. Each had net sales of more than $50 million in 1975. 3. They either wholesale supplies to local retail cooperatives, or retail supplies directly to farmers over an entire State or several States; or perform both functions. Organizational features include date organized, area served, number of members, financial requirements for membership, voting provisions, number and terms of directors, and number of employees. Operating and financial data include type and number of retail outlets, sales of farm supplies and farm products, by type; cash payments of dividends, refunds, and revolving capital; condensed balance sheets; itemized member equities; and type and capacity of principal facilities.