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(CLF1000)  Advanced Core Cluster:  AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

   (CLF1500)  Unit Title:  COOPERATIVES

            UNIT DIRECTORY:

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     Code        Topic Title                      Hours         Year(s)
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     (CLF1501)  Cooperatives Compared to
                Other Business Forms                1            3 / 4

     (CLF1502)  Agricultural Cooperatives
                in the United States                1            3 / 4

     (CLF1503)  Economics of Cooperatives           1            3 / 4

     (CLF1504)  Classes of Cooperatives             1            3 / 4

     (CLF1505)  Organizing and Operating
                a Cooperative                       2            3 / 4

     (CLF1506)  Cooperative Principles and 
                Decisionmaking                      1            3 / 4

     (CLF1507)  Laws and Taxes Affecting    
                Cooperatives                        1            3 / 4

     (CLF1508)  Agencies that Serve 
                Cooperatives                        1            3 / 4

     (CLF1549)  Unit Exam                           1            3 / 4


                            TOTAL TIME FOR UNIT =  10

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UNIT GOALS: Students will understand the historical and continuing importance 
            of agricultural cooperatives and how they function.
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Unit Objectives:  Upon completion of this unit students will be able to:

1.  Describe the basis for the original formation of agricultural cooperatives
    and how they were organized.

2.  Describe how cooperatives have acted as pacesetters and power balancers in 
    agribusiness.

3.  Explain how local and regional cooperatives are organized to serve 
    members.

4.  Identify the basic principles that ensure that cooperatives serve the 
    needs of member-patrons.

5.  Examine some of the challenges and opportunities that face agricultural
    cooperatives.

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REFERENCES:

Except for the lesson on the economics of cooperatives, this unit was adapted 
  from materials distributed by the Agricultural Council of California.  These 
  materials were prepared and published by the Council to stimulate interest 
  in agricultural marketing and cooperation.  In order to fully implement this 
  unit, it will be necessary to contact the Council at 1225 "H" Street, 
  Sacramento, CA 95814 and request that the cooperative marketing 
  materials be sent to you.  Along with the teaching unit and text, the
  Council provides chapter exams for each of the units and an updated final 
  exam each year.

Cobia, David W. (Ed.).  (1989).  COOPERATIVES IN AGRICULTURE.  Englewood 
  Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

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RESOURCES: 

GROWING GOLD, a 23-minute VHS tape describing the historical development of
  agricultural cooperatives in California.  Available from: Agricultural 
  Council of California (address above).

THE COOPERATIVE STORY: HISTORY, a 12-minute VHS tape describing the 
  development of many kinds of cooperatives in the U.S.  Available from: 
  California Farm Bureau, Ag in the Classroom Program, 1601 Exposition Blvd.,
  Sacramento,  CA  95815.  (916) 924-4380

THE COOPERATIVE STORY: ECONOMICS, a 12-minute VHS tape about economic 
  justifications for cooperatives and the economic effects of cooperatives. 
  Available from: California Farm Bureau (address above).


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