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Rural Cooperatives, May-June, 2004
If you're a director or manager of a cooperative, or just a co-op member interested in keeping abreast of important issues that affect your interests, these publications offer you important information.
[NEW] RD Research Report 179
Cooperative Coordination of Production and Harvesting Decisions
Centrally coordinating production practices and harvesting decisions may result in better responses to changes in fruit and vegetable markets. This report surveys fruit and vegetable cooperatives to determine to what extent they practice coordination, and if it has improved profitability.
RBS Service Report 22
Directory of Farmer Cooperatives
Newly updated listings of 400 major cooperatives, covering all 50 states. Includes type of co-op, addresses, phone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and names of CEOs.
RBS Research Report 201
Marketing Operations of Dairy Cooperatives, 2002
America's dairy cooperatives marketed 83 percent of all the milk sold to plants and dealers in 2002. Although most are still relatively small an increasing amount of milk is being sold by larger co-ops. Read all about it.
[NEW] RD Service Report 63
Website Directory of Farmer Cooperatives
Includes website addresses for 518 cooperatives, plus street address, telephone numbers, whether the co-op accepts online orders, and other information.
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