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January/February Issue of Rural Cooperatives Magazine Released
Improving safety is the theme of several articles in the January/February issue of Rural Cooperatives magazine.The magazine notes that agriculture is one of the...
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Social Service Cooperatives
Do you receive medical care through an HMO? Then you are a member of a cooperatively operated health maintenance organization. HMOs currently serve more than...
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Cooperative Businesses
Why the growing interest in cooperatives? As governments around the world cut services, cooperatives are being considered as an alternative to provide goods...
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  • Rural Cooperatives magazine, Rural Development, Business and Cooperative Programs, USDA - This bimonthly magazine contains articles and news items relevant to agricultural and non-agricultural cooperatives. An archive provides access to past issues of the magazine from 1998 to 2011.
  • Directory of Farmer Cooperatives, Service Report 22, USDA Rural Development, October 2012 - This directory contains a listing, by state, of almost 1,500 farmer-owned marketing, farm supply, service, fishery and bargaining cooperatives. The information includes the cooperative’s contact information, type of cooperative and products that they sell.

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