What Cooperatives Are (and Aren't)
Economist says co-ops represent the aggregates of economic units
By Charles Ling

Strom Shelter
Dairy co-ops strive to help members survive severe market downturn
By Dan Campbell

Banking on the Future
U.S. farm credit co-op model paying dividends in Armenia
By Pamela F. Karg

Identity Heft, Part II
Land O'Lakes freshens image with new co-op brand identity, logo and tagline

Marginal Land Tapped for Biofuels
New York land bank co-op could be first of its kind
By Anne Todd

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2009 ARTICLE INDEX

ON THE COVER:
The nation’s dairy producers have been through a wringer during the
past year as milk prices plummeted. Dairy co-op leaders discuss what
they are doing to help producers and what type of structural action is
needed to prevent a reoccurrence of the situation. Photo
illustration by Stephen Hall