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| Thraen, Cameron S.; Hahn, David E.; Roof, James B.. |
| This article examines the operating cost structure of 15 cooperatively owned fluid milk processing plants. The selected plants range from small, low-volume facilities to large, high-volume plants with varying levels of capital and labor inputs. Operating costs are presented for the plants by converting monthly fiscal data to averages and grouping the plants by relative processing volume. The functional relationship between total and unit costs and average plant volume is estimated. Processing cost per gallon declines by 1.6 percent for a 10 percent increase in plant volume. Approximately 85 percent of the reduction in unit cost is attributable to lower labor, packaging, energy, repair, maintenance, and depreciation costs. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 1987 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46202 |
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| Stafford, Thomas H.; Roof, James B.. |
| The Nation's 435 dairy cooperatives marketed 95.6 billion pounds of milk, or about 77 percent of all milk sold to plants and dealers in 1980. There were 146 cooperatives with no milk handling facilities, 97 with only milk and cream receiving stations, and 192 operating 456 dairy processing and manufacturing plants. Cooperatives sold about 16 percent of the Nation's packaged fluid products, 10 percent of the ice cream, 64 percent of the butter, 87 percent of the dry milk products, 22 percent of the cottage cheese, and 47 percent of all other cheese made in the United States. Additional data is given for prior years on transportation, producer payroll, and financial operations. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Cooperatives; Marketing; Structure; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 1984 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52025 |
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