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Pooling as Practiced by Cooperative Marketing Associations

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  • Christensen, Chris L.

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Excerpts from the report: Pooling as practiced by agricultural cooperative marketing associations involves two essential activities: First, the mingling or grouping together under unified action or control of any function of production or marketing; second, the determination of the results of such group action and the allocation to each participant in the pool of his share of the sales returns, service, expenses, or risks that may arise therefrom. The aim of pooling is to distribute equitably to all member-patrons the results which accrue from group effort and which can not be attained by individuals acting alone. The following are some of the economic advantages of group effort facilitated by pooling: (1) Improvement of the bargaining position of individual growers, through coordination of their efforts; (2) elimination of waste; (3) spreading marketing risks among all members ; and (4) possibility of effective market expansion through control of the time, place, and form in which the commodity is sold.

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  • Christensen, Chris L., 1929. "Pooling as Practiced by Cooperative Marketing Associations," Miscellaneous Publications 330475, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:330475
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.330475
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