Local-Regional Cooperative Relationships in the Midsouth

Lloyd C. Biser and John R. Dunn

No 313005, Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

Abstract: This study examines the relationships between local and regional cooperatives in a federated system. These relationships provide the foundation for a federated system to be competitive and successful in achieving cooperatives’ purpose of enhancing the economic well-being of their farmer-members. The study looks at the federated systems in two Midsouth States. Information for this report, including sales, finances, services, management practices, and management opinions, was obtained through a series of personal interviews with representatives of 18 local cooperatives, nine in each State, and the two regional cooperatives. The need for increased involvement by the regional cooperative in local cooperative operations and decisionmaking was indicated. Greater use of the regional as a coordinating mechanism for intralocal and interlocal business actions was seen by cooperative managers as a necessary adjustment in their federated system to the economic and competitive pressures facing local cooperatives.

Keywords: Financial Economics; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 1987-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313005

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