...MCarmen Martínez-Victoria; Mariluz Maté-Sanchez-Val Purpose The particular characteristics of agri-food cooperatives reduce their ability to access external financial resources. The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors influencing the agri-food cooperatives' trade credit operations...

...Amanda Clymer; Whitney Bowman; Elizabeth A. Yeager; Brian C. Briggeman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the optimizing behavior of agricultural supply and marketing cooperatives in the US Midwestern states. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses firm-level data from CoBank...

...Brian C. Briggeman; Keri L. Jacobs; Phil Kenkel; Gregory Mckee Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the recent financial trends affecting grain and farm supply cooperatives. Design/methodology/approach Review of and descriptive analysis of current cooperative finance topics...

...Ziran Li; Keri L Jacobs; Georgeanne M Artz Purpose – There is little reason a priori to expect that a cooperative firm’s capital needs are different from a non-cooperative firm’s needs if the two firms are otherwise similar in function and size and operate within similar market economies. However...

...Gabriel J. Power; Victoria Salin; John L. Park Purpose Building on the property rights framework, the purpose of this paper is to frame the cooperative business model in terms of strategic options held either by the board or by members. Options that are analyzed include growth and restructuring...

...Timothy J. Richards; Mark R. Manfredo During the 1990s, the rate of consolidation among agricultural cooperatives, including mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures, increased significantly. While post‐merger performance has been examined extensively for investor‐owned firms...