American Cooperative Exporters: Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Products

摘要

Farmer owned and operated cooperatives play a major role in marketing livestock, dairy, and poultry products. In 1983, these products (excluding wool and mohair) accounted for 46 percent of all farm products marketed by U.S. cooperatives. In 1983, a total of 418 dairy cooperatives had a net marketing volume of $16.8 billion. Some 402 livestock and livestock products cooperatives had a net marketing business of $4.8 billion, and 63 poultry cooperatives had net marketings of $1.0 billion. Included are independent local cooperatives, federations, centralized cooperatives, and cooperatives with mixed organizational structures. Cooperative activities in dairy, livestock, and poultry range from single functions such as auction sales to integrated operations involving feeding, slaughtering, processing, and marketing.