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USDA Cooperative Development Publications

•	"Co-Ops 101: An Introduction to Cooperatives" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir55/c55text.pdf
•	"Agricultural Cooperatives in the 21st Century" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir-60.pdf
•	"What is a Cooperative? Why Cooperatives are Organized" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir50.pdf
•	"Understanding Cooperatives: The Structure of Cooperatives" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir453.pdf
•	"Understanding Cooperatives: Cooperative Business Principles" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir452.pdf
•	"Understanding Cooperatives: The American System of Business" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir452.pdf
•	"Understanding Cooperatives : Legal Foundations of a Cooperative" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir459.pdf
•	"Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Background" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir441.pdf
•	"Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Patronage Refunds" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir442.pdf
•	"Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Distribution, Retains, Redemptions, and Patrons' Taxation" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir443.pdf
•	"Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives: Internal Revenue Code Section 521" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir444.pdf
•	"Sample Legal Documents for Cooperatives" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir40/c40legdc.pdf
•	"Understanding Capper-Volstead" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir35.pdf
•	"Rural Cooperative Publications" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir4/cir4.htm
•	"Marketing Coordination in Agricultural Cooperatives" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/rr159.pdf
•	"Cooperative Marketing Agreements: Legal Aspects" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/rr106.pdf
•	"Directory of Farmers Cooperatives: Updated March 2001" —- http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/sr22.pdf
•	"Cooperative Brands" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/sr27.pdf
•	"Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 2001" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/sr61.pdf
•	"Cooperative Feasibility Study Guide" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/sr58.pdf
•	"COOPERATIVES: What Are They and the Role of Members, Directors, Managers and Employees" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir11-ppt.pdf
•	"Attitudes of Cooperative Managers and Board Members Toward Value-Added Enterprises and New Generation Cooperative Structures" — http://www.agmrc.org/business/pdf/cooperativeattitudes.pdf
•	"A Cooperative Without Corporate Tax Restrictions: The Wyoming Processing Cooperative Law" — http://www.agmrc.org/business/pdf/wycoop.pdf
•	"Differences Between New Generation Cooperatives and Traditional Cooperatives " — http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/accc/kcdc/PDF%20Files/differences.pdf
•	"Evolving Cooperative Structures" —- http://www.dorsey.com/files/tbl_s21Publications/PDFUpload141/40/01_21_02_EvolCoopStruct.pdf
•	"What is a New Generation Cooperative (NGC)" — http://www.agmrc.org/business/pdf/ngc.pdf
•	"Rural Cooperatives: A Magazine by USDA Rural Development" — http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/openmag.htm

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