Business Program Reports |
| Creating New Opportunity for Rural America |
| Creando Nuevas Oportunidades para la America Rural |
| Civil Rights - It's the Law |
| Rural Business Cooperative Service Customer Service |
Cooperative Education/Development |
| CIR 60 |
Agricultural Cooperatives in the 21st Century
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| CIR 58 |
Assessing Performance and Needs of Cooperative Boards of Directors
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| CIR 55
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Coops 101 - An Introduction to Cooperatives
(PDF) or (HTML)
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CIR 45 SEC. 14 |
How to Start a Cooperative |
| RR 208 | Keys to Success for Food Co-op Start Ups in Rural Areas: Four Case Studies
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CIR 45 SEC. 3 |
The Structure of Cooperatives
Spanish Version
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CIR 45 SEC. 2 |
Cooperative Business Principles
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| CIR 45 SEC. 1 |
Understanding Cooperatives: The American System of Business |
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CIR 42 | Co-op Involvement in Public Policy
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| CIR 35 | Understanding Capper-Volstead
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| CIR 33 |
The Cooperative Approach to Crafts
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| CIR 29 |
Advising People About Cooperatives
PDF or HTML
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| CIR 25 | Opportunities in Cooperatives - A Leader's Program for Youth
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| CIR 18 | What Co-op Employees Do
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| CIR 16 | What the Co-op Manager Does
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| CIR 14 | What Co-op Directors Do
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| CIR 12 | Members Make Co-ops Work
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| CIR 11 |
Cooperatives: What They Are and the Role of Members, Directors, Managers, and Employees Cooperatives
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| Powerpoint Presentations |
[Chapter 1] [Chapter 2]
[Chapter 3] [Chapter 4]
[Chapter 5]
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| CIR 10 | What Are Cooperatives
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| CIR 9 | What Are Patronage Refunds?
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| CIR 7 | How to Start a Cooperative
PDF or HTM
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| CIR 5 | Cooperatives in Agribusiness
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| CIR 1 SEC. 12 | Cooperative Transportation and Distribution
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Cooperatives in Agribusiness
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| CIR 1 SEC. 5 | Organizations Serving Cooperatives
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| CIR 1 SEC. 3 | Cooperative Benefits and Limitations
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| RR 184 | Strategic Planning in Farmer Cooperatives
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| RR 119 | Cooperative Education Survey: Cooperatives' Version - Summary of Findings
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| SR 58 | Cooperative Feasibility Study Guide |
| SR 54 |
Creating "Co-op Fever": A Rural Developer's Guide to Forming Cooperatives
PDF or HTML
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Farm Supplies
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| CIR 1 SEC. 23 | Cooperative Petroleum Operations
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| CIR 1 SEC. 22 | Cooperative Agrichemical and Seed Operations
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| CIR 1 SEC. 21 | Cooperative Feed and Animal Health Operations |
| CIR 1 SEC. 20 | Cooperative Supply and Equipment Operations
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| RR 183 | Crop Protectant Operations of Local Farm Supply and Marketing Cooperatives
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| RR 169 | Performance of Cooperatives Handling Farm Supplies, by Region
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| RR 161 | Fertilizer Operations of Local Farm Supply and Marketing Cooperatives
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| RR 149 | Local Petroleum Operations
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| RR 143 | Petroleum Cooperatives, 1995
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General
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| RR 213 | Measuring the Performance of Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 200 | Measuring the Economic Impact of Cooperatives in Minnesota
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| RR 196 | Measuring the Economic Impact of Cooperatives: Results from Wisconsin
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| RR 194 | Black Farmers in America, 1865-2000 - The Pursuit of Independent Farming and the Role of Cooperatives
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| RR 192 | Problems and Issues Facing Farmer Cooperatives
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| RR 177 | The Impact of New Generation Cooperatives on Their Communities
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| RR 141 | Shared-Services Cooperatives
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| SR 57 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1998
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| SR 54 |
Creating "Co-op Fever": A Rural Developer's Guide to Forming Cooperatives
PDF or HTML
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| SR 46 | Basics of Organizing a Shared-Services Cooperative
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| SR 45 | Cooperatives: A Housing Alternative for Rural America
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| SR 44 | Keys to Successful Cooperative Housing in Rural Areas
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| SR 40 | Directory of U.S. Arts and Crafts Cooperatives
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| SR 27 | Cooperative Brands
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| SR 22 | Directory of Farmer Cooperatives
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| SR 18 | Cooperative Theory: New Approaches
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| RR 5 | The Economic Culture of U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives
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International
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| CIR 1 SEC 27 | Cooperatives in International Trade
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| RR 126 | DariMac: An Export Marketing Agency-in-Common for Dairy Cooperatives
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| RR 121 | Imports by Cooperatives, 1991
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| RR 113 | Cooperative Exporters and Foreign Technical Standards
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| RR 107 | Agricultural Exports by Cooperatives, 1990
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| RR 93 | Guide for Prospective Agricultural Cooperative Exporters
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| RR 52 | Using Export Companies to Expand Cooperatives' Foreign Sales
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| SR 21 | Directory of U.S. Agricultural Cooperative Exporters
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Legal, Taxation, Finance
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| CIR 59 | Antitrust Status of Farmer Cooperatives: The Story of the Capper Volstead Act
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| CIR 57 | Understanding Cooperative Bookkeeping and Financial Statements
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| CIR 56 | Managing Your Cooperative's Equity
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| CIR 51 | Base Capital Financing of Cooperatives
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| CIR 45 SEC.12 | Base Capital Financing of Cooperatives
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| CIR 45 SEC.9 | Legal Foundations of a Cooperative
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| CIR 45 SEC.8 | Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives
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| CIR 45 SEC.7 | Financing Cooperatives
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| CIR 44 SEC.1 | Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Background |
| CIR 44 SEC.2 | Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Patronage Refunds
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| CIR 44 SEC.3 | Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Distribution, Retains, Redemptions, and Patrons' Taxation
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| CIR 44 SEC.4 | Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Internal Revenue Code Section 521
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| CIR 44 SEC.5 | Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Handling of Losses
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| CIR 43 | Working with Financial Statements - Guide for Cooperative Members
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| CIR 41 |
Annual Audits - Board Responsibilities
PDF or HTML
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| CIR 40 |
Sample Legal Documents for Cooperatives
PDF or HTM
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| CIR 31 | Equity Redemption Guide
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| CIR 23 |
Tax Treatment of Cooperatives
PDF or HTML
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| CIR 1 SEC.9 | Cooperative Financing and Taxation
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| RR 206 | Dairy Cooperatives Growth Challenges: Technology, Ingredients (Proteins) and Equity Financing
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| RR 205 | Analysis of Financial Statements: Local Farm Supply, Marketing Co-ops, 2003
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| RR 203 | Financial Profile of Dairy Cooperatives, 2002
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| RR 199 | Financial Profile of Largest 100 Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 193 | Financial Profile of Largest 100 Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 186 | Financial Profile of the 100 Largest Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 185 | Cooperative Conversion and Restructuring In Theory and Practice
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| RR 182 | Analysis of Financial Statements: Local Farm Supply, Marketing Cooperatives
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| RR 178 | Farmer Cooperatives' Financial Profile, 1997
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| RR 176 | Financial Profile of Dairy Cooperatives, 1997
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| RR 175 | Financial Management and Ratio Analysis for Cooperative Enterprises
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| RR 172 | Financial Performance of Local Farm Supply, Marketing Cooperatives, 1997
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| RR 171 | Local Farm Supply, Marketing Cooperatives Financial Trends: Changes in the 1990s
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| RR 164 | Financial Statistics of the Largest Dairy Cooperatives, 1980-1995
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| RR 163 | Cost of Capital for Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 154 | Analysis of Financial Statements: Local Farm Supply, Marketing Cooperatives
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| RR 139 | Consolidation of Balance Sheet Components During Cooperative Mergers
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| RR 138 | Analysis of Balance Sheets of Local Farm Supply and Marketing Cooperatives
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| RR 134 | Analysis of Income Statements of Local Farm Supply and Marketing Cooperatives
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| RR 124 | Equity Redemption and Member Equity Allocation Practices of Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 106 | Cooperative Marketing Agreements - Legal Aspects
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| RR 83 | Leasing as an Alternative Method of Financing for Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 80 | Nonqualified Notices - An Alternative for Distributing Cooperative Earnings
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| RR 76 | Changes in Financial Profile of Cooperatives Handling Grain: First Handlers With $5 Million or More in Sales in 1985 and 1983
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Top 100 Cooperatives 1998 Financial Profile
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Top 100 Cooperatives 1997 Financial Profile
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Top 100 Cooperatives 1996 Financial Profile
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Cooperative Principles and Legal Foundations (coming soon!)
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Management, Organization
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| CIR 62 | Cooperative Directors: Asking Necessary Questions
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| CIR 61 | The Circle of Responsibilities for Co-op Boards
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| CIR 58 | Assessing Performance and Needs of Cooperative Boards of Directors
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| CIR 52 | Cooperative Merger/Consolidation Negotiations
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| CIR 48 | Strategic Planning Handbook for Cooperatives
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| CIR 45 SEC.11 | Cooperative Business Management Functions
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| CIR 45 SEC.10 | Strategic Planning
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| CIR 45 SEC.6 | Who Runs the Cooperative Business? General Manager and Employees
Spanish Version
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| CIR 45 SEC. 5 | Who Runs the Cooperative Business? Board of Directors Spanish Version
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| CIR 45 SEC. 4 | Who Runs the Cooperative Business? Members
Spanish Version
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| CIR 39 | Sample Policies for Cooperatives
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| CIR 38 |
Managing Cooperative Antitrust Risk
PDF or HTM
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| CIR 37 |
Keeping Cooperative Membership Rolls Current
PDF or HTM
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| CIR 36 | Recruiting and Training Co-op Employees
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| CIR 34 |
Director Liability in Agricultural Cooperatives
PDF or HTML
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| CIR 21 | Organizing and Conducting Cooperatives' Annual Meetings
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| CIR 18 | What Co-op Employees Do
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| CIR 16 | What the Co-op Manager Does
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| CIR 14 | What Co-op Directors Do
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| CIR 7 |
How to Start a Cooperative
PDF or HTM
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| CIR 1 SEC.8 |
Cooperative Management
PDF or HTML
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| CIR 1 SEC.6 | Cooperative Organization and Structure
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| RR 190 | The Changing Federated Relationship Between Local and Regional Cooperatives
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| RR 189 | Cooperative Employee Compensation, 1999
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| RR 184 | Strategic Planning in Farmer Cooperatives
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| RR 174 | Cooperative Unification: Highlights From 1989 to Early 1999
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| RR 166 | A New Approach to Measuring Dairy Co-op Performance
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| RR 155 | Decision-Making in Cooperatives with Diverse Member Interests
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| RR 151 | Strengthening Ethics Within Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 150 | A Strategic Planning Study of the Dairy Herd Improvement System
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| RR 136 | Appraising Manager Performance
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| RR 129 | Full-Time Employees, Sales, and Assets of Selected Farmer Cooperatives: 1981, 1986, and 1991
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| RR 114 | Cooperative Employee Compensation
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| RR 112 | Strategic Planning - A Conceptual for Small and Midsize Farmer Cooperatives
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| RR 103 | Strategic Planning Systems of Large Farmer Cooperatives
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| RR 75 | Designing Membership Structures for Large Agricultural Cooperatives
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| SR 41 | Inventory Management Strategies for Local Supply Cooperatives
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| SR 36 | Guide to Designing Benefit Packages for Cooperatives
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| SR 35 | Cooperative Education Task Force: Final Report
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Membership
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| CIR 63 | Nominating, Electing and Compensating Co-op Directors
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| CIR 12 | Members Make Co-ops Work
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| CIR 1 SEC. 7 | Cooperative Member Responsibilities and Control
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| RR 165 | Member Participation in Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 156 | Voting and Representation Systems in Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 131 | Membership Structural Design: A Pilot Test on DHI Cooperatives
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| RR 86 | Dairy Farmers' Participation in Cooperatives
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| RR 77 | Designing Membership Structures for Large Agricultural Cooperatives
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Miscellaneous Co-op Reports and Articles
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| Misc. Report 5 | The Economic Culture of U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives
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Products Marketed
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| CIR 45 SEC. 15 | Agricultural Marketing Cooperative
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| CIR 26 | Cooperative Farm Bargaining and Price Negotiations
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| CIR 27 | Small Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Cooperative Operations
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| CIR 1 SEC. 19 | Special Crops Cooperatives
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| CIR 1 SEC. 18 | Cotton Cooperatives
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| CIR 1 SEC. 16 | Dairy Cooperatives
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| CIR 1 SEC. 14 | Livestock and Wool Cooperatives
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| CIR 1 SEC. 13 | Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives
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| RR 210 | Small-Scale Grower Cooperatives in the Northeast United States
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| RR 201 | Marketing Operations of Dairy Cooperatives, 2002
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| RR 198 | Alternative Milk Price Series: Information for Cooperatives
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| RR 188 | Cost of Balancing Milk Supplies: Northeast Regional Market
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| RR 187 | Structural Change in the Dairy Cooperative Sector, 1992-2000
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| RR 181 | Local Coopertives' Role in the Identity-Preserved Grain Industry
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| RR 180 | Grain Cooperative Mergers and Acquisitions, 1993-1997
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| RR 173 |
Marketing Operations of Dairy Cooperatives
PDF or HTML |
| RR 168 | Pooling Operations of Cooperatives
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| RR 167 | Lessons From Producer-Owned Lamb Ventures
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| RR 162 | Local Cooperatives' Role in the Emerging Dairy Industry
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| RR 159 | Marketing Coordination in Agricultural Cooperatives
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| RR 158 | Strategies for Survival By Cooperative Country Elevators - Revisited
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| RR 157 | Cooperatives in a Changing Global Food System
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| RR 153 | Response of Cooperative Elevators to Changes in Government Policies
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| RR 152 | Dairy Cooperatives' Role in Managing Price Risks
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| RR 148 | Cooperatives and New Uses for Agricultural Products: An Assessment of the Fuel Ethanol Industry
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| RR 144 | Role of Local Cooperatives in Emerging Swine Industry
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| RR 137 | Cooperatives in the U.S. Citrus Industry
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| RR 133 | Marketing Operations of Dairy Cooperatives
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| RR 132 | Wheat Grain Cooperatives Adjust to Challenges of 1980s, Poised for 1990s
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| RR 130 | Farm Bargaining Cooperatives: Group Action, Greater Gain
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| RR 127 | Cooperative Marketing Agencies-in-Common
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| RR 128 | First-Handler Grain Cooperative Elasticities
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| RR 123 | Cooperative Grain Marketing: Changes, Issues, and Alternatives
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| RR 118 | Livestock, Wool, Poultry, and Meat Cooperatives Function, Marketing and Services
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| RR 117 | Corn Belt Grain Cooperatives Adjust to Challenges of 1980s, Poised for 1990s |
| RR 116 | Cooperatives' Role in Hog Contract Production
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| RR 115 | Marketing and Transportation of Grain by Local Cooperatives
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| RR 104 | Bargaining Associations in Grower-Processor Markets for Fruits and Vegetables
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| RR 44 | Fishery Cooperatives
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| SR 55 | Agricultural Bargaining In a Competitive World - 1997
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| SR 47 | Agricultural Bargaining: In a Competitive World - 1994
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| SR 42 | Agricultural Bargaining: In a Competitive World - 1993
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| SR 38 | Marketing Fed Cattle - Cooperative Opportunities
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Statistics
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| CIR 45 SEC. 13 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics
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| CIR 1 SEC. 26 | Cooperative Historical Statistics
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| SR 65 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 2005
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| SR 66 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 2004
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| SR 64 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 2003
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| SR 62 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 2002
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| SR 61 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 2001
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| SR 60 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 2000
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| SR 59 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1999
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| SR 57 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1998
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| SR 56 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1997
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| SR 53 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1996
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| SR 43 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1993
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| SR 39 | Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1992
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Technology
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| RR 209 | The Role of Information Technology in the Fuel Ethanol Industry
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