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The Financial Performance of North Dakota Grain Marketing and Farm Supply Cooperatives
McKee, Gregory J. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 21 (2008)
cooperatives between 2002 and 2006. Audited financial statements from 120 cooperatives were used. Various financial variables are … business size and profitability. The most profitable North Dakota agricultural input supply and grain marketing cooperatives …
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Cass-Clay Creamery: A New Direction for an Old Brand
McKee, Gregory J.; Boland, Michael A. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 21 (2008)
Consolidation and industrialization are increasingly important factors affecting the level of membership in cooperative businesses. This article presents information about the development of the dairy industry in North Dakota and its effect on Cass- Clay Creamery, a farmer-owned dairy...
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Factors Impacting Participation In and Purchases Made by Members of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative
Holcomb, Rodney B.; Kenkel, Philip L.; Brown, Lisa - In: Journal of Cooperatives 26 (2012)
The Oklahoma Food Cooperative (OFC) facilitates transactions between producers and consumers of locally-grown food items. Although the OFC has more than 3,000 members, the cooperative is still working to discover member needs and ensure its long-term sustainability. Both consumer-members and...
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Overview of Research on Cooperative Finance
Boland, Michael; Barton, David G. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 27 (2013)
literature and illustrate how they relate to the function and structure of cooperatives. …
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Preferences for Marketing Arrangements by Potential Switchgrass Growers
Jensen, Kimberly L.; English, Burton C.; Clark, … - In: Journal of Cooperatives 25 (2011)
This study analyzes factors influencing farmer interest in marketing switchgrass through contracts and/or joining a cooperative that harvests, transports, stores, and markets their switchgrass. Data are from a survey of farmers in 12 southern states. A bivariate probit analysis is used to...
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Agricultural Cooperatives and Contract Price Competitiveness
Katchova, Ani L. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 24 (2010)
with cooperatives or investorowned firms. A propensity score matching method is used to compare prices using contract data … from a national farm-level survey. The results show that prices of agricultural contracts with cooperatives are not … significantly different from those with investor-owned firms, which indicates that cooperatives are adhering to recommended business …
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The rural non-farm economy, livelihood strategies and household welfare
Stifel, David - In: Journal of Cooperatives 04 (2010) 1
This paper examines the relationship between rural non-farm employment and household welfare using nationally representative data from Madagascar. It focuses on labor outcomes in the context of household livelihood strategies that include farm and non-farm income earning opportunities. It...
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Rebuilding Cooperative Leadership: The Case of Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Park, John L.; Siebert, John - In: Journal of Cooperatives 24 (2010)
cooperatives are a vital part of the US electrical grid. Providing electricity to 40 million people in 47 states, these … cooperatives serve 85% of the nation’s land mass. This case follows the experience of PEC’s former General Manager Juan Garza …
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Perspectives of the Farm Cooperative Operating Environment: Directors and Managers
Adrian Jr., John L.; Kiser, Stephen L.; Green, Thomas Wade - In: Journal of Cooperatives 17 (2002)
Farmer cooperative managers and directors were contracted to determine their perspectives of the cooperative environment. Special emphasis was given to assessing their perceptions of division of responsibility between management and the board of directors, the importance of cooperative...
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Cooperative Directors: Perspective and Leadership
Adrian Jr., John L.; Kiser, Stephen L. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 15 (2000)
Cooperative directors’ perceptions of their roles, knowledge, and implementation of cooperative principles, business decision making, financial analysis, cooperative law, and division of responsibility with management were analyzed using data from forty-eight agricultural and thirty-one...
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