@article{Hogeland:51281,
      recid = {51281},
      author = {Hogeland, Julie A.},
      title = {The Future Role of Livestock Cooperatives},
      address = {1987},
      number = {1502-2016-130757},
      series = {ACS Research Report},
      pages = {39},
      year = {1987},
      abstract = {In 1985, a total of 17 regional cooperatives marketed  livestock. These cooperatives were created to provide  greater competition, bargaining power, and market access  for producers. Growth in direct marketing, bypassing the  services of
cooperatives, has occurred because the number  of buyers has decreased and producers want to improve  marketing efficiency or lower explicit costs. Less emphasis  on providing convenient markets, more competitive service  charges, supplementing buy-sell operations with advisory  services to help members manage risk, and increasing  coordination are options that might enable cooperatives to  continue to meet their original Objectives.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51281},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.51281},
}