Marketing Operations of Dairy Cooperatives

Thomas H. Stafford and James B. Roof

No 52025, Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

Abstract: The Nation's 435 dairy cooperatives marketed 95.6 billion pounds of milk, or about 77 percent of all milk sold to plants and dealers in 1980. There were 146 cooperatives with no milk handling facilities, 97 with only milk and cream receiving stations, and 192 operating 456 dairy processing and manufacturing plants. Cooperatives sold about 16 percent of the Nation's packaged fluid products, 10 percent of the ice cream, 64 percent of the butter, 87 percent of the dry milk products, 22 percent of the cottage cheese, and 47 percent of all other cheese made in the United States. Additional data is given for prior years on transportation, producer payroll, and financial operations.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50
Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.52025

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