 Costs and Practices of Selected Cooperatives in Operating Bulk-Feed TrucksThomas H. Camp No 316656, Farmer Cooperative Research Report (FCRR) from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Abstract: Excerpts from the report: This study was made in response to recommendations made to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by the Marketing Research Advisory Committee. It is the third phase of a study of motortruck operations and costs. These costs are needed to provide benchmarks for the guidance of cooperative managements in helping to increase efficiency in bulk-feed distribution and to reduce feed costs to patrons. A list of cooperative associations operating bulk-feed trucks was developed from information obtained in this Farmer Cooperative Service study. Of 33 cooperatives operating bulk-feed trucks in 1959, only 9 cooperatives operated truck fleets of 10 or more. Interviews were made during the summer of 1964 and usable information on operating characteristics and costs was obtained from 7 of the 9 cooperatives. At the time of this study, 2 of the cooperatives were operating fewer than 10 trucks. Information obtained from these 7 cooperatives is the basis of findings reported here. The data were obtained by personal interview. Keywords: Agribusiness; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersfc:316656 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Farmer Cooperative Research Report (FCRR) from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC. |
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