livestock and wd coope r a tives farmer cooperatives in the united states cooperative information report 1 section 14 us department of agriculture economics statistics service contents page activities prior to 1970 s 4 wool ii 13 marketing integrated operations 19 other services 23 producer investment 25 26 29 challenges opportunities future 33 summary conclusions 34 may 1979 several such as farmland foods inc slaughter process package members brand name consumer meat products cooperawes sales accounted for 28 8 percent farmers cash receipts 1975 more than any com modity or commodity group 76 marketed an estimated 11 6 all 3 0 billion worth table 1973 74 7 dollar volume by during same period 818 including 374 that were temporarily inactive had
