Assessing the Effectiveness of Farm Supply Cooperatives: A Comparison of Farmer and Manager Viewpoints

dc.creator	Burt, Lawrence A.
dc.creator	Wirth, Myron E.
dc.date	2017-04-01T20:01:09Z
dc.date.accessioned	2026-07-09T04:38:52Z
dc.description	This paper reports the results of a survey of attitudes of commercial farmers and supply cooperative managers about agricultural supply cooperatives. Cooperative managers and farmers frequently made significantly different responses to questionnaire statements. With a few expectations, farm size and farmer age did not appear to influence perceptions about supply cooperatives. Whether a farmer was a cooperative member was important in some cases. Lower prices in lieu of easy credit and patronage refunds were found to be acceptable to farmers, but not at the expense of good service. Managers placed great importance on member loyalty to the supply cooperative without regard to price consideration.
dc.identifier	doi:10.22004/ag.econ.46230
dc.identifier	https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46230/files/Vol%205%201990%20Article%202.pdf
dc.identifier	http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46230
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/552933
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher
dc.source	http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46230
dc.title	Assessing the Effectiveness of Farm Supply Cooperatives: A Comparison of Farmer and Manager Viewpoints
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