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Access to Markets: Cooperatives Benefit Beginning Farmers

2018-08-14 23:38:06| National Farmers Union

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern Cooperatives can provide services and products that help young and beginning farmers start up their own operations. Whether you are a dairy farmer, a grain farmer, or even a consumer in need of some tools, there are a variety of cooperatives, both regionally and nationally, that can cater to your […]

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Access to Markets: Cooperatives Support Rural Communities

2018-08-07 23:56:34| National Farmers Union

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern Cooperatives have proven to be one of the most beneficial business models, particularly in rural areas where certain services or products would be unavailable to residents. Services, such as credit unions, cooperatively owned grocery stores, and community organized farmers markets, can provide not only services to a community, but job […]

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Access to Markets: Cooperative Business Structures

2018-07-31 23:21:49| National Farmers Union

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern Cooperatives can come in all shapes and sizes. Whether it is a local grocery store stocked with all local products made from area producers or a large company like CHS, Inc. that provides many services nationwide, a cooperative caters to a specific need  and improves access to goods or services […]

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Access to Markets: Member-Owner Responsibility to a Cooperative

2018-07-25 17:55:48| National Farmers Union

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern The most definitive aspect of the cooperative business model is that the members or producers own the business. This allows producers to drive their cooperative into the direction that benefits the producers, not private interests of outside stakeholders. With this power of directive comes the greater responsibility to stay active, […]

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Access to Markets: Financing a Cooperative Business

2018-07-17 22:38:20| National Farmers Union

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern No farmer can start a cooperative alone. Cooperatives are the product of collaboration among many individuals with a shared goal of providing a needed service within an area or community. Once a group of producers comes together and creates a business plan, community members, producers, and investors provide the funds […]

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