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Report blames mat managers w gers' gers for fo shift in op co-op control N. N Y Times Service Sic WASHINGTON Giant agricultural cooperatives that operate like lie cot cor corporations cr- cr often oft subvert the te interests of members farmer fame meb for fer whom they tey were formed forme a report by a public interest research group charged Monday The Te report by the te Agribusiness Ac Ac- Accountability Ac Accountability Project blames blae the te pro pro- professional pro managers of the te cooperatives to whom it says the te members have lost making decision mang power Farmers and ad consumers alike alke must mut be b mindful of this t shift in cooperative control and must mut turn tun it around aoud for it adversely affects the te farmers farmer's famer's survival and the competitive structure of agriculture said sad Linda Lna Kravitz Kravit the te staff member who wrote the staf page page 14 study stud op entitled Minding the te Co Co- Coop Coop Co- Co Coop It I singles out as an a example Associated Milk Mik Producers Inc one of the large l ge dairy day cooperatives that tat fun fun- funneled fu- fu funneled money into ito President P Nixons Nixon's re re re- re election eleton campaign capan without specific authority from tei their members mebs Much of the report focuses fouse on rela rela- relationships between cooperatives s which are ae generally marketing and bargaining bagang associations of farmers and ad large lage business busie corporations that tat operate in i related agriculture enterprises It I attacks among other oter practices en en- entry e. e entry try of the corporations into the cooperatives as members and corn com combinations cm- cm of the te two different types tys of organizations into ito joint ventures It I also als criticizes big cooperatives that tat limit membership to large lage producers and ad fee structures that tat it ways discriminate against aast smaller farmers The Te average farmer famer is being beig pushed aside aide as a cops ops co-ops invite food firms fis and conglomerates to t form for partnerships with wit the te cooperative invite corporate ex executives e- e ex- ex executives to sit on the cooperatives cooperative's board bd of directors and ad even invite corporations to join cooperatives the te report says As a final step it says cooperative leadership increasingly argues age that tat the te vast vat majority of farmers fames must mut be b con con- content cn- cn content tent tet to assume aue the te role in i big bi ops co-ops cp that tat the te vast vat majority of shareholders assume asue in big corporations t tTe The Te report blames blae officiate officials of the Agriculture Departments Department's farmer cooperative service sice who wh have en en- encouraged e- e encouraged ventures with the te farm fa corporations groups gup to t enter eter joint The Te new director of the te service serice Ronald Ronad D. D Knutson who was praised in inthe inthe inthe the report for apparently taking tain a dif different df dif dif- different ferent position in a recent rt speech sh said sid I think tink there tee is justifiable criticism that there are some c s where tat tere ae ops co-ops pro pro- producers pro producers have lost control but there ducer bt tere are ar also as some where whee they tey have not He Re also als cited cie Associated At Milk Mik Pro Pro- Producers P Producers duce as a one in which members had lost making decision power but said sad that tat under new members management were regaining control I have a strong stong interest in seeing that farmer fame cooperatives are managed maage by producers and for the producers' producers benefit Dr Knutson added adde
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1974-04-09 |
| Description | 66th Year, No. 173 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1974-04-09 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1974-04-09 Report Blames Managers for Shift in Co-Op Control |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1974-04-09 |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| Item.Transcript | Report blames mat managers w gers' gers for fo shift in op co-op control N. N Y Times Service Sic WASHINGTON Giant agricultural cooperatives that operate like lie cot cor corporations cr- cr often oft subvert the te interests of members farmer fame meb for fer whom they tey were formed forme a report by a public interest research group charged Monday The Te report by the te Agribusiness Ac Ac- Accountability Ac Accountability Project blames blae the te pro pro- professional pro managers of the te cooperatives to whom it says the te members have lost making decision mang power Farmers and ad consumers alike alke must mut be b mindful of this t shift in cooperative control and must mut turn tun it around aoud for it adversely affects the te farmers farmer's famer's survival and the competitive structure of agriculture said sad Linda Lna Kravitz Kravit the te staff member who wrote the staf page page 14 study stud op entitled Minding the te Co Co- Coop Coop Co- Co Coop It I singles out as an a example Associated Milk Mik Producers Inc one of the large l ge dairy day cooperatives that tat fun fun- funneled fu- fu funneled money into ito President P Nixons Nixon's re re re- re election eleton campaign capan without specific authority from tei their members mebs Much of the report focuses fouse on rela rela- relationships between cooperatives s which are ae generally marketing and bargaining bagang associations of farmers and ad large lage business busie corporations that tat operate in i related agriculture enterprises It I attacks among other oter practices en en- entry e. e entry try of the corporations into the cooperatives as members and corn com combinations cm- cm of the te two different types tys of organizations into ito joint ventures It I also als criticizes big cooperatives that tat limit membership to large lage producers and ad fee structures that tat it ways discriminate against aast smaller farmers The Te average farmer famer is being beig pushed aside aide as a cops ops co-ops invite food firms fis and conglomerates to t form for partnerships with wit the te cooperative invite corporate ex executives e- e ex- ex executives to sit on the cooperatives cooperative's board bd of directors and ad even invite corporations to join cooperatives the te report says As a final step it says cooperative leadership increasingly argues age that tat the te vast vat majority of farmers fames must mut be b con con- content cn- cn content tent tet to assume aue the te role in i big bi ops co-ops cp that tat the te vast vat majority of shareholders assume asue in big corporations t tTe The Te report blames blae officiate officials of the Agriculture Departments Department's farmer cooperative service sice who wh have en en- encouraged e- e encouraged ventures with the te farm fa corporations groups gup to t enter eter joint The Te new director of the te service serice Ronald Ronad D. D Knutson who was praised in inthe inthe inthe the report for apparently taking tain a dif different df dif dif- different ferent position in a recent rt speech sh said sid I think tink there tee is justifiable criticism that there are some c s where tat tere ae ops co-ops pro pro- producers pro producers have lost control but there ducer bt tere are ar also as some where whee they tey have not He Re also als cited cie Associated At Milk Mik Pro Pro- Producers P Producers duce as a one in which members had lost making decision power but said sad that tat under new members management were regaining control I have a strong stong interest in seeing that farmer fame cooperatives are managed maage by producers and for the producers' producers benefit Dr Knutson added adde |
