A brief introduction to agricultural cooperatives

Published March 2004. Reviewed September 2016. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogThis publication is designed to help you learn more about agricultural cooperatives or to help you think through the process of organizing and\ud operating such a business. While the focus is on creating a new\ud cooperative, many of the ideas may be of interest to those thinking\ud about reorganizing or expanding an existing agricultural cooperative.\ud Likewise, many of the concepts apply to any type of cooperative\ud business—agricultural as well as nonagricultural