Agricultural Cooperatives and Contract Price Competitiveness

Ani Katchova

Journal of Cooperatives, 2010, vol. 24, 13

Abstract: This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on whether contracts are with cooperatives or investorowned firms. A propensity score matching method is used to compare prices using contract data from a national farm-level survey. The results show that prices of agricultural contracts with cooperatives are not significantly different from those with investor-owned firms, which indicates that cooperatives are adhering to recommended business practices of offering market prices to their members.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.164698

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