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sold at fair prices year after
year,” he continued. "They
give the farmer a hedge for
his investments. And they gc
a long way toward giving
him the kind of ‘lob security'
that people in other walks oi
life take for granted.”
Naden feels that by giving
farmers the chance to
establish sound, durable
operations, co-ops have been
a big factor in maintaining a
strong agricultural system
with bountiful harvests and
reasonable prices at retail.
High food prices are one of
the American homemaker’s
biggest- headaches, and
Naden would not deny that
co-ops occasionally raise
prices for their products. But
he emphasized the point that
co-ops are less interested in
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how high a price they can get
for a product than they are in
how long-lasting a market
they can build for a product.
This, he feels, makes them
strong marketplace com
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“Because farmer
cooperatives operate at cost,
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Naden explained. “That’s
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«nd.exlt market! at will, and
sometimes set prices so high
that the public Just won't buy
a particular food product.
This can destroy a market It
can leave fanners without a
place to sell their products.
The co-op presence in food
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a stabilizing influence on
prices, and by stimulating
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of farmer cooperatives to
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