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The Role of Farmer Cooperatives in a Changing Agricultural Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Ralph D. Christy
Ralph D. Christy*
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Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , July 1987 , pp. 21 - 28
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1987

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