Handbook on Major Regional Cooperatives Handling Supplies, 1962 and 1963

Excerpts from the report: The individual cooperatives provided the information presented in this Handbook and authorized its publication. A "regional association" in this report refers to one that wholesales supplies to local retail cooperatives, or one that directly retails supplies to farmers over an area comprising a part of a State, an entire State, or several States. In either case, the regional may manufacture some of the supplies it distributes. A "major" regional association in this report in all but two instances refers to one handling more than $10 million worth of supplies annually. Part I of this Handbook gives detailed information on each of 22 major regional cooperatives handling supplies in the United States for their fiscal years ended in 1962 and 1963. The associations appear in this report in the order of their total wholesale supply business, or retail business where all sales were at that level, for fiscal 1963. There was wide variation among them in forms of organization, methods of operation, and accounting and reporting practices. However, information presented on sales, net margins, facilities, and financial condition is quite comparable. Part II shows the value of supply business, net margins on supplies, and supply facilities used by two predominantly regional marketing cooperatives. Part III consolidates the detailed information on the group of 22 associations for 1962 and 1963.