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Articles in Sept-Oct, 2001 issue of Rural Cooperatives

• More than one way …: dairy co-ops pursue varied paths to structural change
  by Carolyn Liebrand
• Birds eye launches branded retail fresh vegetable line
• Dakota beef co-op buys Nebraska meatpacker
• CHS ends incentive program, returns $14 million invested
• Need for change trumpeted at NICE: farm bill task force proposes actions to reserve farm-income downward spiral
  by Dan Campbell
• Ohio state honors Ron Long
• Calcot cotton farmers may face repayment of earlier advances
• Sugar beet growers seek help buying Holly plant
• Cooperative—USDA partnership still strong after 75 years
  by Patrick Duffey
• Catfish cooperative opens in Kentucky
• Prompted by special freight rates for elevators that can load 110-car trains in 15 hours, high-speed grain loading stations, including this one near Moccasin on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline, are being built in Montana
• Undaunted by low prices, Ocean Spray eyes turnaround
• Season of turmoil: a price dispute between California's raisin growers and packers divides a financially troubled industry
  by Catherine Merlo
• Online procurement pilot saves money for Roanoke EC
• Rocky mountain sugar co-op pays $48 million for plants
• Pork America buys Iowa packing plant
• Directors share major role as part of cooperative management team
  by Randall Torgerson
• Trio of dairy co-ops ends LOL merger study
• Energy prices spark interest in ethanol co-ops
  by Patrick Duffey
• Indiana's Ag Plus forms
• Hazen selected top CEO communicator: says innovation and ".coop" can compensate for tight budget
  by Dan Campbell
• Universal buys Triton Tire
• PCP buys $9 million plant to suit tomato growers
• Tillamook opens cheese plant
• Communications linked to loyalty: if you want your co-op messages heard, it's still a face-to-face, hard-copy world
  by Dan Campbell
• Supreme court ruling clouds commodity marketing promotion
• Ramey co-op joins AMPI
• Golden Gem Growers shuts Lake Garfield packing house
• Bekkers new gold kist CEO
• AGP sells CN feed to ADM, buys Canadian operations
• Illinois fund boosts co-ops
• Selling it! Florida citrus industry boosts consumption with extensive, health-focused advertising & promotion
  by Dan Campbell
• Farmland cuts long-term debt, but still has quarterly loss
• Texans form rice co-op
• LOL buys Purina Mills, expands feed business
• Ottowa co-op gains in sale of bankcrupt FCA in Kansas
• German co-op banks merge