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Abstract
This report describes relationships between major farm characteristics and
co-op use and membership. Analyses were based on multivariate logit
regression. Statistically significant relationships were found between farm
size and farm location and co-op use but relationships varied greatly by
farm type and type of use activity. No statistically significant relationship
was found between co-op use and operator age. Statistically significant
relationships were found between co-op membership and farm size, operator
age, and farm location. These relationships varied also by farm type.
Data for the study are for 1986 and were obtained from surveys by
National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.