Agway Inc., Syracuse, N.
Y.,
the largest agricultural cooperative inthe United States, is also one of the more complex in organization, struc-
ture, and junctions. It is a conglomerate of products in farm supplies,
marketing, and related services. Organization and structural arrange-ments encompass direct farmer members, local cooperative members,retail outlets, wholly owned subsidiaries, and joint ventures with cooper-atives and other firms.
CONTENTS
MARKETING COOPERATIVES
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1
Basic Objectives
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1
Early Activities in Cooperative Marketing
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2
Current Position
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4
Principal Types
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6
Membership and Control
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8
Marketing Practices
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10
Operating Policies
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13
Vertical Integrated Functions
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.15
Related Services
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20
Financing and Taxation
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20
Benefits...........................................
..2 3
Challenges...........................................2
5
Basic Alternatives
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27
PURCHASING COOPERATIVES
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.29
Basic Objectives
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29
Early Activities in Cooperative Purchasing
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.29
Current Position
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32
Membership and Control
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33
PrincipalTypes
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.3
5
Operating Practices
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38
Operating Policies
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4
1
Vertical Integrated Functions
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.43
Related Services
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47
Marketing Operations
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.48
Financing and Taxation
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.48
Benefits
.............................................5 0Challenges.........................................
..5 3
Cooperative Information Report 1, Section 6Issued
1988
Reviewed and approved for reprinting September
1993
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