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Section 3: USDA:  Understanding Cooperatives 

    How to Start a Cooperative
               Galen Rapp and Gerald Ely (Cooperative Information Report 7)

   Understanding Cooperatives: The American System of Business

                   Tammy Meyer (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 1)

    Cooperative Business Principles

                   Tammy Meyer (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 2)

 

    The Structure of Cooperatives

    Tammy Meyer (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 3) 

    Who Runs the Cooperative Business? Members

                   Tammy Meyer (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 4)

 

    Who Runs the Cooperative Business? Board of Directors

                   Tammy Meyer (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 5)

 

    Who Runs the Cooperative Business? General Manager and Employees

                   Tammy Meyer (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 6)

 

    Financing Cooperatives

                   Robert Rathbone (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 7)

 

    Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives

                   Donald Frederick (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 8)

 

    Legal Foundations of a Cooperative

                   Donald Frederick (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 9)

 

    Strategic Planning

                   Galen Rapp (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 10)

 

    Cooperative Business Management Functions

                   Galen Rapp (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 11)

 

    Base Capital Financing of Cooperatives

                   Robert Rathbone (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 12)

 

    Farmer Cooperative Statistics

                   Charles Kraenzle (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 13)

 

    How to Start a Cooperative

                   Galen Rapp (Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 14)

 

    Agricultural Marketing Cooperative

                   Marc Warmen and Tracey Kennedy (Coop. Information Report 45, Section15)

 

    Sample Legal Documents for Cooperative s

                   Donald Frederick (Cooperative Information Report 40)

 

    Rural Cooperative Publications

                   Cooperative Information Report 4

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