FEATURES & NEWS
Price crisis prompts potato
growers to form national co-op
Low-carb, High Hopes
Co-op’s tubers may beef-up Florida's potato industry
Farmer co-op business
volume nears $117 billion
Unflappable
Plant closure forces co-op launch onto fast-track
A Perfect Storm
Farmland trustee sues ex-officers, directors
Court of Preference
Minn. co-op helps manufactured home residents
Upswing Continues
Despite loss of Farmland, Agway, revenue
& income climb for top 100 co-ops
Measuring top 100 co-op performance
Perils & Pleasures of Partnerships
Key issue of co-ops in business partnerships:
Who do you trust?
Still More Stuff You Need To Know
Vital Info for Co-op Boards
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On the Cover:
Potato growers in Idaho and other states are hoping they can establish
a fair price for their crop through a new co-op that will work to better
balance supply and demand. In Florida, another new co-op hopes to find
success with a low-carb potato variety. Articles on pages 4 & 8. Photo
courtesy United Fresh Potato Growers of America
Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture
Gilbert Gonzales, Acting Under Secretary, USDA Rural Development
Peter Thomas, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Roberta D. Purcell, Deputy Administrator, USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Dan Campbell, Editor
Vision Integrated Marketing/KOTA, Design
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