Farmer co-op business
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U.S. farmer cooperatives’ ceeded $43.5 billion in 1977, a
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record high, according to
data compiled by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Randall Torgerson, deputy
administrator for
cooperatives in USDA’s
Economics, Statistics, and
Cooperative Service, said
the increase in the dollar
volume resulted largely
from higher prices for farm
production supplies sold by
cooperatives, although
certain farm product
marketings also showed
increases.
The 1977 volume was an 8.7
percent gain from the
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preceding year’s $40.1
billion, Torgerson said.
The three components of
total co-op business volume
are marketing (the volume
of products sold), farm
supplies (volume of fer
tilizer, chemicals, fuels, feed
and other inputs sold to co-op
members), and related
services for members such
as trucking, storage, gin
ning, drying and similar
services.
Torgerson said the
number of cooperatives
dropped from 7535 to 6736
primarily for two reasons:
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688 of the associations were
reclassified (and thus not
eligible to be included in the
report) and 111 cooperatives
merged, consolidated,
acquired other cooperatives
or dissolved during the year.
Torgerson said the 1977
membershin figure of 5.8
million was down 2.5 percent
from 1976’s 5.9 million
reflecting the continued
reduction in the number of
farms and farmers. National
membership in cooperatives
exceeds the number
farmers because, some
farmers belong to two or
more cooperatives,
Torgerson said.
Memberships per
association averaged 868
compared with 784 for the
preceding year.
The marketing component
of the business volume was
up 7.7 percent from 1976 and
totaled $32.1 billion. Gram,
the leading farm product,
increased to $11.9 billion, up
11.5 percent.
Marketings of several
other commodities also
increased, with
miscellaneous products
(hay, forest products, re
sale items), up 63 percent;
cotton and cotton products,
up 34.7 percent; and wool
and mohair, up 19.7 percent.
Commodities that declined
the most were tobacco, down
30.4 percent; rice, down 18.9
percent; and dry edible
beans and peas, down 15.1
percent.
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Farm supply volume of
$10.6 bulion, up 12.2 percent,
increased mainly from
higher volumes of petroleum
products and feed.
Petroleum products rose 19.9
percent, to $2.5 billion; and
feed went up 13.6 percent, to
$2.8 billion. Fertilizer was
the third highest of the farm
supply items at $2.4 billion
i up 6.2 percent).
'OtHer supplies that showed
increases were
miscellaneous supplies such
as small hardware items, up
14.6 percent; and building
materials, up 13.9 percent.
Volume of other services
related to the farm business
rose to $893 million, a 4.4
percent increase over a year
earlier.
Minnesota continued to
have the most cooperative
with 768 and the most
memberships with 573,147.
North Dakota was second in
cooperatives with 455, and
Wisconsin third with 451.
Wisconsin was second in
memberships with 364,687,
and Indiana third with
331,591.
The leading state in
combined marketing, hum
supply, and related service
volume handled by
cooperatives was again
California was $3.8 billion, or
8.7 percent of the total. lowa
ranked second, with $3.4
billion and 7.9 percent,
Minnesota followed with $3.1
billion and 7.1 percent.