Making good things
Cass-Clay Creamery expanding product line
and marketing horizons
By Dan Campbell
Making hay, the right way
Oregon producers organize to market certified
weed-free, premium hay
By Dan Schofer, Dan Sherwin, Penelope Deibel
Dairy co-ops continue dominant role
in marketing nation’s milk
By Charles Ling
Greener pastures for bio-tech co-ops?
New, bio-based products may only be scratching the surface
of potential
By Steve Thompson
Missouri-based co-op brewery unveils
Pony Express line of beer
Exploring a greater role for ag co-ops
in sustaining rural living
By Thomas W. Gray
Net income, sales decline for local farm co-ops
By Beverly L. Rotan
Weighing in
Study gauges impact of local ag co-ops on rural economies
of Great Plains, eastern Cornbelt
By Kevin McNamara, Joan Fulton, Susan Hine
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Fargo-based Cass-Clay Creamery is seeking to expand its marketing area for
its fluid milk, ice creams and a variety of processed dairy products. The coop’s
operations include a fleet of 40 trucks. Photo courtesy Cass-Clay Creamery
Ann Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture
Gilbert Gonzales, Acting Under Secretary, USDA Rural Development
John Rosso, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
James Haskell, Acting Deputy Administrator, USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Dan Campbell, Editor
Vision Integrated Marketing/KOTA, Design
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