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FARMER COOPERATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES
COOPERATIVE INFORMATION REPORT 1
SECTION 22
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SERVICE
CONTENTS
Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Retailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Early Cooperative Developments ...................................... 2
Current Status ................................................................... 4
Operating Practices ........................................................... 6
Wholesaling ............................................................................
7
Early Cooperative Developments ...................................... 7
Current Status ...................................................................
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Operating Practice .......................................................... 12
Mixing and Manufacturing ................................................... 14
Early Cooperative Developments .................................... 14
Interregional Cooperation ............................................... 18
Current Status .................................................................
19
Operating Practices ......................................................... 21
Limestone Distribution and Quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Vertical Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Benefits.. ..............................................................................
.25
Savings ..........................................................................
.25
Services ..........................................................................27
Challenges A