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United StatesDepartment of AgricultureRural Business–CooperativeServiceRBS ServiceReport 60
FARMER COOPERATIVESTATISTICS, 2000
 
 Abstract
 A survey of U.S. farmer-owned cooperatives ending their business year during calen-dar year 2000 showed a net business volume of $99.7 billion, up from $99.1 billion in1999, although net income of $1.28 billion was down from $1.33 billion. Gross busi-ness volume was also up for the 3,346 cooperatives surveyed. Assets and liabilitieswere up and net worth was about the same. Business volume by commodity handledis reported for all cooperatives. Number of cooperatives, cooperative memberships,and number of employees are classified according to marketing, farm supply, and ser-vice function. Trends in cooperative numbers, memberships, employees, businesssize, sales volume, net income, assets, liabilities, and net worth are reported alongwith data on selected activities of other cooperative service organizations.Keywords:cooperatives, statistics, business volume, employees, memberships, bal-ance sheet, net income.FARMER COOPERATIVE STATISTICS, 2000Charles A. Kraenzle, Ralph M. Richardson,Celestine C. Adams, Katherine C. DeVille,and Jacqueline E. PennRural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural DevelopmentU.S. Department of AgricultureSTOP 3256, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W.Washington, DC 20250-3256Service Report 60December 2001Price: Domestic--$5.00;Foreign--$5.50
 
Preface
Farmer cooperative statistics are collected annually to provide information on theprogress and trends in cooperatives’ growth and development. These statistics areused for research, technical assistance, education, planning, and public policy. Acquiring, analyzing, and disseminating farmer cooperative statistics is authorized bythe Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926.This report provides aggregate information on the number, membership, business vol-ume, net income, basic balance sheet items, and full-time employees of farmer coop-eratives for their business years that ended in calendar year 2000. Cooperatives areclassified by principal product marketed and major function. Fishery and ethanol coop-eratives are included as miscellaneous marketing cooperatives. Both gross (includesinter-cooperative business) and net (excludes inter-cooperative business) dollar vol-umes are reported.Statistics for 2000 were compiled only on a national basis. State data are collectedevery other year and are included for 1999 in the appendix.The information was collected from individual farmer and fishery cooperatives by amail survey of all organizations identified by USDA’s Rural Business-CooperativeService (RBS) as a farmer or aquacultural cooperative. Information was requested forthe cooperatives’ 2000 business year.RBS conducts an annual census to gain more accurate estimates for assistance pur-poses. Information obtained from individual cooperatives is combined to maintain con-fidentiality.Statistics for all cooperatives were derived by adding data estimated for nonrespon-dents to respondent data. Data from respondents and other sources accounted for90.8 percent of the total gross sales of farmer cooperatives in 2000.RBS depends on the cooperative community’s response to its annual survey to devel-op a detailed and comprehensive set of statistics on farmer cooperatives. The timeand effort taken to provide information and the timeliness with which it is furnished aregreatly appreciated.
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