Organizing Meatpacking Cooperatives: Recent Producer Attempts

Montana Livestock Cooperative and the Utah-based Intermountain Livestock Packing Association are meatpacking cooperatives established through equity and livestock commitments by producers. Their goals are to obtain sufficient capital to construct and operate a slaughter/processing plant. Member involvement requires a comprehensive feasibility study to show need for the plant and an understanding of cooperative organization.

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Year of publication:	1982
Authors:	Hogeland, Julie A.
Institutions:	Rural Development Program, Department of Agriculture
Subject:	meatpacking plants \| cooperatives \| livestock production \| Montana \| Utah \| new business formation \| Farmers' Union \| Agribusiness

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Rural Development Business and Cooperative Programs>Research Reports Number 51385
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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