California had 5 of the 19 storage facilities owned by the 47 coop- 

 aratives participating in the survey. These cooperatives owned the 

 storage facilities located in places other than the processing plants 

 Maine had 4 out of the total of 19, and New York and Oregon had 3 

 each . 



The cooperatives leased 24 storage facilities. However, several of 

 them leased storage space at many points throughout the United States 

 but failed to indicate specific locations. 



EXPANSION IN LAST FIVE YEARS 



Fourteen of the cooperative processors had expanded in the last 5 years 

 through purchase or merger. Eleven cooperatives added 13 units through 

 purchase while six added 11 units through merger. Three cooperatives 

 used both methods to expand. 



VOLUME HANDLED 



Forty-five of the 47 cooperatives provided sufficient data for a clasS' 

 ification by dollar volume. Sixteen had a volume of between $1.0 and 

 $9.9 million (table 4). Ten had a volume of $30 million and over. 

 Nine had a business volume of between $10.0 and $19.9 million. Seven 

 had a business volume of under $1 million. Only three had a business 

 volume of between $20 and $29.9 million. 



Table 4. --Distribution of 45 cooperatives processing fruits and 

 vegetables by dollar volume of business, 1968-69 



Volume of 



: Number 



business 



: of 



($1,000) 



: cooperatives 



Less than 1,000 

 1,000 - 9,999 

 10,000 - 19,999 

 20,000 - 29,999 

 30,000 and over 

 Total 



7 



16 



9 



3 



10 



45 



