Statistics of Farmers Cooperatives, 1955-56: Marketing, Farm Supply and Related Services

Report Highlights: Number of cooperatives (marketing, farm supply, and related service) dropped slightly to 9,876 from 9,887. Number of memberships in these cooperatives reached 7,730,710 -- an increase of 1.7 percent. Total gross business volume of these farmer cooperatives was $12.7 billion -- an increase of 1.9 percent. Total net business volume after eliminating duplication resulting from interassociation business increased 1.5 percent to $9.8 billion. Farm products marketed by these cooperatives had a net value of more than $7.5 billion, representing 77 percent of the total. Farm supplies accounting for 21 percent of the net business volume, amounted to more than $2 billion. Service revenue amounted to almost $215 million