In recent years, several large dairy cooperatives in Ireland have been restructured in various ways into investor-oriented corporations (public limited companies). A primary reason advanced by leadership of these cooperatives for going to PLC route was that additional capital was required, and...

The farm financial crisis, combined with deregulation of the U.S. banking system, has created a new environment within which the Farm Credit System competes. Despite their unique business clientele, the Banks for Cooperatives (BCs) have been adversely affected by this changed environment. In...