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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)
tested as determinants of profitability. Financial ratio analysis is used to observe trends in liquidity, solvency, and … efficiency. Comparisons in ratio trends are made based on relative profitability. No statistical relationship is found between … business size and profitability. The most profitable North Dakota agricultural input supply and grain marketing cooperatives …
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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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Overview of Research on Cooperative Finance
Boland, Michael; Barton, David G. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 27 (2013)
The objective of this article is to describe the key elements of cooperative finance that have been found in the literature and illustrate how they relate to the function and structure of cooperatives.
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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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Does Fair Trade Fulfill the Claims of its Proponents? Measuring the Global Impact of Fair Trade on Participating Coffee Farmers
Gingrich, Chris D.; King, Emily J. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 26 (2012)
While proponents claim that fair trade provides meaningful benefits for participating commodity growers, few studies to date have measured these benefits on a global scale. This study estimates the worldwide monetary benefits that fair trade provides to participating coffee farmers, most of whom...
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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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Producers Cooperative Oil Mill: A Case Study in Strategic Planning for a Cooperative
Kenkel, Philip L.; Holcomb, Rodney B. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 25 (2011)
cooperative located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The process of strategic planning and strategy implementation in agribusiness has …
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Agricultural Cooperatives and Contract Price Competitiveness
Katchova, Ani L. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 24 (2010)
This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on whether contracts are 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...
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Capital Budgeting Decisions for Electricity Distribution Cooperatives: The Case of Cass County Electric Cooperative
McKee, Gregory - In: Journal of Cooperatives 25 (2011)
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