Features
Cooperatives Set Sales, Income Records
The Market Power Problem
Bargaining co-ops help farmers avoid ‘race to the bottom’
By Alan Borst
Honey Co-op Buzzing in Chicago
Urban farming co-op also provides job training for former inmates, others
By Kellen M. Henry
Identity Heft
CoBank describes effort to update corporate image
Communications Can Help Co-ops Shine
Top CEO communicator Bob Ray shares insight
By Dan Campbell
Full Sail for Shipwrights’ Co-op
Dissatisfied working for others, craftsmen are now the bosses of boat-repair business
By Stephen Thompson
More VeraSun Ethanol Plants Sold
Bagby, Dorman Named Top Co-op Communicators
Feeding the Concrete Cow
Dryland forage sorghum to fuel Texas biomass plant
By Dee Ann Littlefield
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ON THE COVER:
Grass seed growers in Oregon use a bargaining co-op to improve their
odds of getting a fair price for their crop. Producers of many other crops,
ranging from blackberries to potatoes, also rely on bargaining co-ops to
gain market power. Copyright photo by Monica Johnson
