More stuff you need to know

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.

No cost to download from our website at www.rurdev.usda.gov. Or fill out the order form below and send or fax to:

USDA/Rural Business-Cooperative Service

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

STOP 0705

Washington, DC 20250-0705

Telephone: (202) 720-8381

FAX Number (202) 690-4083

E-mail: coopinfo@usda.gov

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