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Articles in Jan-Feb, 2005 issue of Rural Cooperatives

• Another $3 million going back to Walton EMC members
• Iowa cheese co-op helps preserve a way of life
• AMPI butter plant hit by fire
• Lamb Checkoff faces vote
• Flying the coop: why members leave a co-op and ways to help prevent it
  by Catherine Merlo
• TFC's $447-million sales year sets record; income also climbs
• Co-op stock exchange: why choice of trading rules matters for new-generation co-op stockholders
  by Steven J. Holland
• USDA awards $8.8 million in rural broadband grants
• Dakota local co-ops merge
• Leaving home? Reasons vary for co-op conversions; critics remain wary of producers control
  by Nancy Jorgensen
• Record crop returns for Blue Diamond members
• Hanson gets co-op leadership honor
• Rural America's role in the energy economy
  by Peter J. Thomas
• Paper or plastic? For single-serve milk market, there is no debate as plastic sales soar, bringing smiles at dairy conclave
  by Dan Campbell
• Cropp interim director of UW Center for Co-ops
• DotCoop launches directory; Paul Hazen to head OCDC
• USDA, MSU extension help crooked bow beef take a bow
• Humboldt Creamery acquires WestFarm's ice cream division
• New funding source for rural economic development
• Of necessity & invention: conference shows diversity of responses by co-ops to changing market conditions
  by Kimberly Zeuli
• Record beet payments for Minn-Dak members
• Retail co-ops advised to foster member identification, not force conformity
  by Janet Ciccone
• Specialty grain industry education network expands
• USDA-EPA partnership promotes renewable energy
• CHS 2004 earnings a record $221 million
• New tax law includes several cooperative provisions
  by Donald A. Frederick
• Bison co-op optimistic about emerging from Chapter 11
• USDA Ag Outlook Forum provides insight on "front-burner" ag issues
• Charley's angels: utility co-ops show true colors sending aid to Hurricane Charley-ravaged Southern states
  by Stephen Thompson
• UW co-op reference book newly revised
• Crop-based biofuels could add $5 billion to farm profits by 2025