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AGGUILD OF ILLINOIS: A NEW GENERATION COOPERATIVE WITHOUT THE BRICKS AND MORTAR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Rick C.; Winter,   J. Randy.
In response to low commodity prices and increasing production cost, agricultural producers have attempted to capture a portion of downstream market value of their products by organizing and investing in what are now called "New Generation Co-ops".  These cooperative efforts often involve the construction of processing facilities (soybean crushing, corn processing, wheat milling) requiring an extensive capital commitment and a substantial financial risk for their members.  An alternative strategy to the brick and mortar cooperatives are producer affiliations that involve the negotiation of contractual agreements with product users, providing protocols for maintaining quality standards, and collecting and sharing information.  AgGuild of Illinois is an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20321

Factors Influencing Restaurant Managers’ Willingness to Feature Locally Produced Meat
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foday,   Emmanuel S.; Whitacre,   Rick C.; Spaulding,   Aslihan D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61794

Grain Marketing Tools: A Survey of Illinois Grain Elevators
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Rick C.; Spaulding,   Aslihan D.
As with most sectors of the agriculture economy, the U. S. country grain elevator industry has experienced considerable consolidation and concentration. By the same token, the country elevator's customer base (grain producers and landlords) has also changed rather dramatically as grain production takes place on larger and fewer farms.  The profitability of operating a country elevator is directly related to the volume of grain the country elevator purchases over the course of a marketing year.   Because the basic services offered by country elevators are very similar (purchasing, conditioning and storing grain), country elevators attempt to differentiate themselves from their competition by offering customers a variety of cash grain marketing tools.  These...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9721