MARKETING CONTRACTS 



Forty-three of the 47 cooperative fruit and vegetable processors had 

 marketing contracts with their members (Table 14) . Eighteen of 

 these 43 marketing contracts required members to market their total 

 production through the cooperative. 



Table 14. --Market contract situation for 47 cooperatives processing 

 fruits and vegetables, 1968-69 



Geographic 

 region 



Market 

 contracts 

 with members 



Members required to 



imarket total production 



through cooperative 



Yes 



No 



Yes 



No 



Eastern States 

 Central States 

 Western States 

 Total 



- - - Number of cooperatives 

 19 1 7 



43 



_9 



18 



13 

 3 



13 

 29 



In the Eastern States, 7 out of 19 cooperatives had marketing con- 

 tracts requiring that members market their total production through 

 the cooperative. 



In the Central States, 2 out of 3 of the contracts required that 

 members market their total production through the cooperative. 



In the Western States 9 out of 21 cooperatives had marketing con- 

 tracts requiring that members market their entire production 

 through the cooperative. 



OPERATING METHODS 



The majority of the 47 fruit and vegetable processing cooperatives 

 were not associated by contract or membership with other organiza- 

 tions to sell, process, or buy supplies. Only 15 of the coopera- 

 tives were associated with other organizations for sales purposes 

 (Table 15). Approximately 30 percent of total sales of the 47 proc- 

 essing cooperatives were made through associated organizations. Six 

 of the cooperatives were associated with other organizations for 

 purposes of processing and seven for the purposes of purchasing 

 supplies . 



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