A Financial Profile of Farmer Cooperatives in the United States

Nelda Griffin

No 314190, Farmer Cooperative Research Report (FCRR) from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: The purpose of this study is to provide basic information on the financial structure of farmer cooperatives. The published results will help reduce misunderstanding concerning sources and use of capital by cooperatives. The study covers all marketing, farm supply, and related service cooperatives in the United States. It does not include farmers’ mutual telephone, irrigation, and fire insurance companies, artificial breeding cooperatives, dairy herd improvement organizations, rural electric cooperatives, and credit associations. The report discusses the various means farmer cooperatives use to accumulate funds to meet their capital needs. It summarizes the financial structure of farmer cooperatives. It analyzes amounts and sources of farmer cooperative borrowings, the nature and amount of equity capital, and the methods used for distributing annual margins and savings.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 86
Date: 1972-10
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/314190/files/FCSrr23.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersfc:314190

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.314190

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.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().