AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

Rural Development

Service Report 80
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

Service Report 80

December 2017

The 2016 agricultural cooperative statistics database was developed by Charita 

Coleman, James Wadsworth, and Judith Rivera of USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. This report was prepared by James Wadsworth and Charita Coleman.

USDA Rural Development invites you to explore a wide variety of cooperative 

information on the internet. The USDA Home Page is: www.usda.gov; Rural 

Development’s website is: www.rd.usda.gov. Agricultural cooperative statistics are 

provided in Excel format on the Cooperative Program’s website at: 

http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-programs/cooperative-programs

On the cover: Bales of cotton await ginning outside a Texas co-op gin. 

Back cover: Inside the cotton gin. 

USDA photos by Lance Cheung

Cooperative Programs

Rural Development

U.S. Department of Agriculture

STOP 3256

1400 Independence Ave., S.W.

Washington, DC 20250 3256

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CONTENTS

Introduction..............................................................................................................................................................................................3

Definitions ................................................................................................................................................................................................4

Section I: Overall Financials ..........................................................................................................................................................5

Table 1—Summary comparison of U.S. agricultural cooperatives, selected statistics, 2016 and 2015 ......................................6

Table 2—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015............................................................................................7

Table 3—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2016 ...........................................................................8

Table 4—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed, 2016.................................................9

Table 5—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by size, 2016 ..............................................................................................11

Table 6—Combined balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015 ..................................................................................................12

Table 7—Combined balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2016..................................................................................13

Table 8—Combined balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed, 2016 .......................................................14

Table 9—Combined balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by size, 2016.....................................................................................................15

Table 10—Combined financial ratios, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2016 and 2015..............................................................16

Table 11—Combined financial ratios, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary product marketed and by size, 2016.....................................17

Section II: Number of Co-ops, Memberships, and Employees..........................................................................................19

Table 12—Number of ag co-ops, by operating type and State, also memberships by State, 2016..............................................20

Table 13—Number of U.S. ag co-ops and memberships, by type, 2016............................................................................................21

Table 14—U.S. ag co-ops, gross business, and memberships, by sales volume group, 2016 ......................................................22

Table 15—Full-time and part-time employees, U.S. ag co-ops, by type, 2016 and 2015.................................................................23

Table 16—Number of U.S. ag co-ops memberships, employees, and branches, by size, 2016....................................................24

Section III: Business Volume, Top Co-ops, and Losses.........................................................................................................25

Table 17—Gross business volume of commodities and supplies, U.S. ag co-ops, by State, 2016 ...............................................26

Table 18—Net business volume, U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015 .......................................................................................................33

Table 19—Abbreviated income statement for Top 100 ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015 ..........................................................................34

Table 20—Abbreviated balance sheet, Top 100 ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015......................................................................................35

Table 21—Top 10 and Top 100 ag co-ops financial ratios, 2016 and 2015 ........................................................................................36

Table 22—Top 10 and Top 100 ag co-ops share compared to all U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015 ................................................37

Table 23—Losses, U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015 ................................................................................................................................38

Section IV: Benchmark Statistics for Cooperative Comparisons .....................................................................................39

Table 24—Common-size income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by type, 2016 .....................................................................................40

Table 25—Common-size income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed, 2016 ........................................41

Table 26—Common-size balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2016..........................................................................42

Table 27—Common-size balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary product marketed, 2016.....................................................43

Table 28.1—Grain marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016...............................................................44

Table 28.2—Mixed grain marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 ...................................................47

Table 28.3—Dairy marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 ...............................................................50

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Table 28.4—Cotton marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016.............................................................52

Table 28.5—Cotton ginning co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016..................................................................53

Table 28.6—Fresh fruit and vegetable co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016...............................................54

Table 28.7—Fresh and processed fruit and vegetable co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 ...................56

Table 28.8—Processed fruit and vegetable co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016......................................57

Table 28.9—Livestock marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016........................................................58

Table 28.10—Poultry marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016..........................................................59

Table 28.11—Fish and seafood marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 ........................................60

Table 28.12—Rice marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016...............................................................61

Table 28.13—Sugar marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016............................................................62

Table 28.14—Nut marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 ................................................................63

Table 28.15—Local food co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016.......................................................................64

Table 28.16—Miscellaneous marketing co-ops (bioenergy, dry bean, tobacco, wool, seed, other), common-size 

 financial statements, by type, 2016..................................................................................................................................65

Table 28.17—Farm supply co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016....................................................................66

Table 28.18—Mixed farm supply co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 ........................................................69

Table 28.19—Artificial insemination co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 ..................................................72

Table 28.20—Miscellaneous service co-ops, common-size financial statements, by type, 2016 ................................................73

Section V: Statistical Trends ..........................................................................................................................................................77

Table 29—Number, memberships, and business volume, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2007-2016 ..................................78

Table 30—Number of employees, U.S. ag co-ops, by type, 2007-2016..............................................................................................79

Table 31—Data used in trend charts, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016...................................................................................................80

Table 32—Percent changes of data used in trend charts, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007-2016...................................................................81

Figure 1 – Number of U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016 ...............................................................................................................................82

Figure 2 – Memberships of U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016.....................................................................................................................82

Figure 3 – Number of employees, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016..........................................................................................................83

Figure 4 – Net and gross business volume, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016.........................................................................................83

Figure 5 – Net sales of grain and dairy commodities, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016........................................................................84

Figure 6 – Net sales of fruit, livestock, and sugar commodities, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016 .....................................................84

Figure 7 – Net sales of petroleum, feed, and fertilizer, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016......................................................................85

Figure 8 – Net sales of crop protectants and seed, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016 ...........................................................................85

Figure 9 – Net operating margin and net income, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016 ..............................................................................86

Figure 10 – Total assets, liabilities, and equity, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 to 2016...................................................................................86

Appendix...........................................................................................................................................................................87

Note 1: Methodology..................................................................................................................................................................................87

Note 2: Financial glossary .........................................................................................................................................................................87

Note 3: Financial ratios ..............................................................................................................................................................................89

2 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016
INTRODUCTION

Agricultural cooperative statistics are collected 

annually and published to provide information 

on the position and trends among the Nation’s 

farmer, rancher, and fishery cooperatives. These 

statistics are used for cooperative benchmarking, 

research, technical assistance, education, planning, 

and public policy. The collection, analysis, and 

dissemination of cooperative statistics by the 

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

are authorized by the Cooperative Marketing Act 

of 1926.

Aggregate statistics are reported for cooperative 

business years ending in calendar year 2016. 

The information was collected by a mail survey 

of all organizations identified by USDA Rural 

Development’s Cooperative Programs as farmer, 

rancher, or fishery cooperatives. See Note 1 

in the appendix for further explanation of the 

methodology used. Note 2 provides a financial 

glossary of the terms calculated in the numerous 

financial tables. 

USDA depends on the response to its annual 

survey to develop a detailed and comprehensive 

set of statistics on cooperatives. The time 

and effort taken by cooperatives to provide 

information, and the timeliness with which it is 

furnished, are greatly appreciated.

This report presents agricultural cooperative 

statistics for 2016 in table and chart format and 

consists of five sections: (I) overall financials; (II) 

number of co-ops, memberships, and employees; 

(III) business volume, top co-ops, and losses; (IV) 

benchmark statistics for comparing cooperatives; 

and (V) statistical trends. Selected highlights are 

provided at the beginning of each section, and 

associated tables follow.

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DEFINITIONS

TYPE OR PRODUCT NOTES

Marketing Cooperatives —A majority of business volume is from the sale of members’ commodities.

Commodities marketed:2 —Cooperatives are also further classified by the majority of business volume from the sale of a particular commodity

• Bean and pea (dry edible)

• Cotton —Sales of cottonseed meal are included in feed sales; oil sales are included in “other marketing” sales.

• Cotton ginning —Most marketing is of cottonseed.

• Dairy —Includes milk and dairy products.

• Fish

• Fruit and vegetable —Includes fresh and processed fruit and vegetables.

• Grain and oilseed —Excludes oilseed meal and oil. Oilseed meal is included in feed sales while oil sales are included in other 

marketing sales.

• Livestock 

• Poultry —Includes chicken, eggs, turkeys, ratite, squab, and related commodities.

• Rice

• Sugar —Includes sugar beets, sugarcane, honey, maple syrup, molasses, and sorghum, and related commodities. 

Other marketing —Includes forest commodities, hay, hops, seed marketed for growers, nursery stock, bioenergy (e.g. ethanol), 

coffee, manufactured food products, and other farm products not classified separately. 

Farm supply cooperatives —A majority of business volume is from the sale of farm supplies.

Farm commodities:

• Crop protectants —Chemicals applied to crops for weed and pest control.

• Feed —Animal feed.

• Fertilizer —Liquid and solid fertilizer for crops.

• Petroleum —Includes all types of petroleum products and lubricants as well as bioenergy fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel.

•Seed —Seed for crops.

Other supplies —Includes building materials, containers and packaging supplies, machinery and equipment, meats and groceries, 

automotive supplies, hardware, chicks, artificial insemination supplies, and other supplies not separately 

identified.

Service cooperatives —All business volume is from providing services such as livestock shipping, crop storage, grinding and/or drying. 

Sales include charges for services related to marketing or purchasing, but not included in the volume reported 

for those activities.

Membership structures —Cooperative organizations can be described according to how their members are organized. All three types are 

included in the cooperative numbers.

• Centralized —Individual agricultural producer members only.

• Federated —Centralized cooperatives and/or associations are members.

• Mixed —Both individual producers and cooperative/associations are members.

1

Marketing, farm supply, and service are identified as “operating types” of co-ops.

2

The nature of marketing provided further identifies co-ops into categories according to the primary commodity marketed. Some cooperatives have multiple sources of 

revenue, so the “primary commodity” category may change from year to year as the relative level of business volume from each source changes.
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SECTION I: Overall Financial Statistics

This section (Tables 1-11) provides an overall summary, followed by income statements, balance sheets, 

and financial ratios of U.S. agricultural cooperatives for 2016. Some of the analysis is broken out by type 

(operating type and by primary product marketed) and size. 

Summary Highlights

• There were 1,953 agricultural cooperatives in 2016 (Table 1).

• There were 94 fewer ag co-ops in 2015 than in 2014; the 

decrease was largely due to increased merger activity.

• By type, there were 39 fewer marketing cooperatives, 47 

fewer supply, and 8 fewer service co-ops.

• There were 19,605 (estimated) fewer co-op memberships in 

2016 than in 2015, finishing just above 1.9 million. 

• Full-time employees increased by 2,350 in 2016, to 136,635, 

the part-time or seasonal labor force fell by 2,270, resulting 

in a net increase of 80 for total co-op employees, to 187,369.

• Overall gross business volume fell for the second straight 

year in 2016, primarily due to lower commodity and input 

prices, but cooperatives had sound financial performance 

with strong net income. 

Operations

• Total gross business volume fell from $212.1 billion in 2015 

to $191.1 billion in 2016. Total assets and member equity 

were a record $92.1 billion and $40.9 billion, respectively, in 2016.

• Net income before taxes was a strong $7.1 billion, just $367 

million less than the record $7.5 billion in 2015. 

• Total marketing volume of $114.6 billion in 2016 was down 

$10.3 billion from 2015 (Table 2). 

• Total supply sales of $71 billion were down $10.7 billion.

• Service and other operating income was $3.8 billion in 2016, 

down $119 million from 2015.

• Total expense of $18.3 billion was down $964.5 million.

• Net operating margin of $5.5 billion was down $468.5 million.

• Net income after taxes was a solid $6.9 billion in 2016, just 

under the 2015 record high of $7 billion.

Commodities

• Grain and oilseed and dairy marketing revenue were 

both down significantly in 2016 (Table 2). Most other 

commodities were down as well, but cottonseed, fish, nut, 

and wool marketing were all up.

• All supply sales categories, except seed, dropped in 2016; 

petroleum dropped the most, by $6.5 billion from 2015 to 

2016. Fertilizer dropped significantly also, by $2.6 billion.

• Marketing co-ops had total sales of $104.2 billion in 2016, 

supply co-ops were at $79.2 billion, and service were $2.8 

billion, all lower than in 2015 (Table 3).

• Marketing co-ops’ net income after taxes of almost $5 

billion in 2016 was higher than the $4.5 billion in 2015.

• Supply co-ops’ net income after taxes of $1.9 billion was 

lower than in 2015.

• Service co-ops had net income of nearly $33.5 million, 

lower than in 2015.

• Co-ops that market sugar had the highest net income of 

all marketing co-ops, at $1.2 billion in 2016. Fruit and 

vegetables co-ops ranked second, with net income of $868 

million. Grain and oilseed co-ops were third, with net 

income of $758 million, followed by sugar at $652 million, 

and then dairy at $458 million (Table 4).

• All 10 size categories of co-ops had positive net income in 

2016. The 24 largest co-ops (more than $1 billion in sales) 

comprised just 1.2 percent of co-ops, but had 50 percent of 

the total gross business volume of all cooperatives (Table 5).

Balance Sheet

• Total assets were a record $92.1 billion in 2016 (Table 6).

• Property, plant, and equipment of $26.5 billion was up 7.5 

percent from 2015, or by $1.8 billion.

• Investments in other co-ops increased from $6.3 billion to 

$9.1 billion in 2016.

• Total liabilities increased by $3.4 billion to $51.2 billion in 

2016.

• Total equity was a record $40.9 billion, up $385 million 

from 2015.

• The largest co-ops (sales more than $1 billion) had 48 

percent of all co-ops total assets, $43.9 billion in 2016 (Table 9).

Ratios

• Overall, ag co-ops showed solid liquidity and solvency in 2016 

though ratios dropped a bit from 2015 (Table 10).

• Equity as a percent of assets was slightly lower in 2016 than in 

2015, at 44 percent.

• Gross margin as a percent of sales increased slightly in 2016, 

return on assets and return on equity decreased, but both were 

at strong levels.
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TABLE 1—Summary comparison of U.S. agricultural cooperatives, select statistics, 2016 and 2015

2016 2015 Difference Change

 Percent

Number of ag co-ops (number) 1,953 2,047 (94) (4.59)

Breakdown of numbers by structure:

 Centralized 1,830 1,914 (84) (4.39)

 Federated 29 32 (3) (9.38)

 Mixed 94 101 (7) (6.93)

Breakdown of numbers by type:

 Marketing 762 777 (15) (1.93)

 Mixed marketing 278 302 (24) (7.95)

 Total marketing 1,040 1,079 (39) (3.61)

 Supply 595 632 (37) (5.85)

 Mixed supply 232 242 (10) (4.13)

 Total supply 827 874 (47) (5.38)

 Total service 86 94 (8) (8.51)

Memberships (number) 1,901,418 1,921,023 (19,605) (1.02)

Gross business volume (billion $) 191.075 212.059 (20.984) (9.90)

Net business volume (billion $) 165.632 179.890 (14.258) (7.93)

Net income before taxes (billion $) 7.148 7.515 (0.367) (4.89)

Net income after taxes (billion $) 6.886 7.030 (0.144) (2.05)

Total assets (billion $) 92.055 88.229 3.826 4.34 

Total equity (billion $) 40.899 40.514 0.385 0.95 

Full-time employees (number) 138,635 136,285 2,350 1.72 

Part-time employees (number) 48,734 51,004 (2,270) (4.45)

Total employees (number) 187,369 187,289 80 0.04 
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TABLE 2—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015

2016 2015 Difference Change

Billion $ Billon $ Million $ Percent

Commodity marketed (gross sales):

Bean and pea (dry edible) 0.208 0.210 (2.4) (1.12)

Cotton 1.839 2.336 (497.3) (21.29)

Cottonseed 0.491 0.432 58.8 13.61 

Dairy 39.818 41.007 (1,188.1) (2.90)

Fish 0.228 0.224 3.8 1.70 

Fruit and vegetable 8.276 8.301 (24.7) (0.30)

Grain and oilseed 44.912 49.320 (4,408.4) (8.94)

Livestock 3.779 4.793 (1,013.7) (21.15)

Nut 1.747 1.725 22.2 1.29 

Poultry 0.672 0.788 (116.1) (14.74)

Rice 0.741 0.875 (133.9) (15.31)

Sugar 5.708 7.569 (1,860.5) (24.58)

Tobacco 0.291 0.339 (48.1) (14.22)

Wool 0.005 0.005 0.4 8.49 

Other marketing 5.872 6.969 (1,096.9) (15.74)

Total marketing 114.587 124.892 (10,304.8) (8.25)

 

Supplies sold (gross sales):

Crop protectants 10.044 10.935 (890.9) (8.15)

Feed 11.107 12.261 (1,154.5) (9.42)

Fertilizer 12.465 15.051 (2,585.8) (17.18)

Petroleum 25.780 32.277 (6,496.7) (20.13)

Seed 6.020 5.397 623.4 11.55 

Other supplies 5.631 5.787 (156.1) (2.70)

 Total supplies 71.048 81.709 (10,660.6) (13.05)

 Total gross revenue 185.635 206.601 (20,965.4) (10.15)

Cost of goods sold 165.628 185.282 (19,653.6) (10.61)

 Gross margin 20.006 21.319 (1,314.0) (6.16)

Service and other operating income 3.819 3.938 (119.0) (3.02)

 Gross revenue 23.824 25.257 (1,433.0) (5.67)

 

Expenses 

Wages 9.452 9.186 266.6 2.90 

Depreciation 2.727 2.576 150.8 5.85 

Interest expense 0.704 0.702 1.5 0.22 

Other expenses 5.415 6.798 (1,383.4) (20.35)

 Total expenses 18.298 19.262 (964.5) (5.01)

 Net operating margin 5.527 5.995 (468.5) (7.81)

Patronage from other co-ops 0.888 0.838 49.8 5.95 

Non-operating income (expense) 0.733 0.682 51.2 7.50 

 Net margin before taxes 7.148 7.515 (367.5) (4.89)

Taxes 0.262 0.485 (223.2) (46.02)

 Net income 6.886 7.030 (144.3) (2.05)

 

Total gross business volume 191.075 212.059 (20,983.5) (9.90)

Net income from own operations 5.998 6.192 (194.1) (3.13)
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TABLE 3—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2016 

 Operating type1

Item Marketing Supplies Service Total

 Million $

Commodity marketed 91,771.34 22,815.76 0.02 114,587.12 

Farm supply sales 12,431.93 58,613.40 2.77 71,048.10

 Total sales 104,203.27 81,429.16 2.79 185,635.21 

Cost of goods sold 91,958.48 73,669.83 0.08 165,628.39

Gross margin 12,244.78 7,759.33 2.71 20,006.82 

Service & other operating income 2,644.73 1,025.95 148.26 3,818.94

Gross revenue 14,889.51 8,785.28 150.98 23,825.76 

Expenses 

Wages 5,190.99 4,210.25 51.06 9,452.30 

Depreciation 1,437.82 1,279.88 9.36 2,727.05 

Interest expense 421.22 280.93 1.34 703.50 

Other expense 3,489.48 1,858.89 66.49 5,414.86

 Total operating expenses 10,539.51 7,629.95 128.25 18,297.71

 Local savings 4,350.00 1,155.33 22.73 5,528.06 

Patronage from other co-ops 412.08 468.91 6.75 887.74 

Non-operating income 340.18 385.26 7.76 733.20

 Net income before taxes 5,102.26 2,009.51 37.24 7,149.00 

Taxes 117.84 140.33 3.70 261.87

Net income 4,984.42 1,869.18 33.53 6,887.13 

 

Total gross business volume 107,600.25 83,309.28 165.56 191,075.10 

 

Export sales 4,594.42 499.94 15.00 5,109.36 

1

See definitions table (page 4) for definitions of operating type.
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TABLE 4—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed, 2016

Primary commodity marketed1

 

Cotton Cotton Gins Dairy Fruit & Veg Grains and Oilseeds Livestock

 Income: Million $

Commodity marketed 2,161.53 243.75 36,285.52 8,924.36 29,589.46 3,478.08 

Farm supply sales 131.94 50.05 216.36 27.34 11,824.52 19.65

 Total sales 2,293.47 293.80 36,501.88 8,951.70 41,413.98 3,497.73 

Cost of goods sold 2,235.79 219.94 34,082.83 6,640.12 38,369.28 3,447.77

Gross margin 57.68 73.85 2,419.05 2,311.59 3,044.70 49.96 

Service and other operating income 159.46 123.36 301.46 300.22 1,516.82 53.87

Gross revenue 217.14 197.22 2,720.51 2,611.81 4,561.52 103.83 

Expenses: 

Wages 61.47 57.55 1,429.40 943.99 1,804.89 45.24 

Depreciation 14.75 17.03 260.01 188.68 703.75 4.70 

Interest expense 11.66 2.98 91.45 73.08 175.35 7.74 

Other expenses 65.85 92.90 621.85 591.57 1,479.15 32.68

 Total operating expenses 153.74 170.47 2,402.71 1,797.33 4,163.14 90.35

 Local savings 63.40 26.75 317.80 814.48 398.38 13.48 

Patronage from other co-ops 1.21 22.34 40.68 8.78 326.71 5.00 

Non-operating income (1.05) 3.25 146.75 83.81 57.75 4.64

 Net income before taxes 63.56 52.35 505.23 907.07 782.83 23.11 

Taxes 2.47 0.16 47.00 39.35 24.79 1.43

Net Income 61.10 52.19 458.23 867.72 758.05 21.68 

 

Total gross business volume 2,453.09 442.76 36,990.76 9,344.52 43,315.26 3,561.23 

 

Export sales 697.89 0.00 786.04 893.13 1,125.11 0.00 

 

Number of co-ops (number) 13 97 109 118 434 82 

1

See definitions table (page 4) for definitions of primary product marketed.

This table continues on next page.
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TABLE 4 (cont.)—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed, 2016

 Primary commodity marketed

Item Poultry Rice Sugar Fish Other

 Income: Million $

Commodity marketed 880.17 1,748.86 5,723.88 191.76 2,543.97

Farm supply sales 18.63 3.17 30.85 14.05 95.37

 Total sales 898.80 1,752.03 5,754.73 205.81 2,639.34

Cost of goods sold 738.78 1,264.58 3,691.21 161.18 1,107.00

Gross margin 160.03 487.45 2,063.52 44.62 1,532.34

Service and other operating income 3.91 21.01 129.16 2.97 32.49

Gross revenue 163.93 508.45 2,192.68 47.59 1,564.83

Expenses: 

Wages 38.49 177.86 542.07 12.28 77.74

Depreciation 8.66 34.72 169.73 2.00 33.78

Interest expense 1.49 8.15 36.09 0.68 12.56

Other expenses 22.68 113.25 268.85 20.36 180.33

 Total operating expenses 71.31 333.98 1,016.74 35.32 304.42

 Local savings 92.62 174.48 1,175.94 12.26 1,260.41

Patronage from other co-ops 0.16 1.22 3.03 0.01 2.94

Non-operating income 2.09 1.43 18.03 1.24 22.25

 Net income before taxes 94.87 177.13 1,196.99 13.52 1,285.60

Taxes 0.32 4.76 (2.67) 0.11 0.13

Net Income 94.55 172.37 1,199.67 13.40 1,285.47

 

Total gross business volume 904.96 1,775.69 5,904.95 210.02 2,697.02

 

Export sales 43.77 208.66 161.04 0.00 678.78

 

Number of co-ops (number) 10 9 26 34 108 

1

See definitions table (page 4) for definitions of primary product marketed.
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TABLE 5—Combined income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by size, 2016

 Total sales category (Million $)

 

Less than $5 $5–9 $10–14 $15–24 $25–49 $50–99 $100–199 $200–499 $500–999 $1,000 & more

Commodity marketed 339.5 612.3 789.1 1,525.0 3,271.4 6,417.2 8,379.6 17,928.5 19,065.7 56,258.9

Farm supply sales 567.8 1,158.4 1,105.4 1,923.5 3,370.1 5,259.9 5,362.2 8,758.9 5,283.5 38,258.4

 Total sales 907.3 1,770.7 1,894.5 3,448.5 6,641.4 11,677.1 13,741.8 26,687.4 24,349.2 94,517.3

Cost of goods sold 754.1 1,476.8 1,623.0 2,991.2 5,763.3 10,217.2 12,095.3 23,098.2 21,512.6 86,096.7

 Gross margin 153.3 293.9 271.5 457.3 878.1 1,459.9 1,646.5 3,589.2 2,836.6 8,420.6

Service receipts 146.9 134.9 121.3 179.7 274.6 385.2 383.7 872.4 600.1 720.2

 Gross revenue 300.2 428.8 392.8 637.0 1,152.7 1,845.1 2,030.2 4,461.6 3,436.6 9,140.8

Expenses 

Wages 125.5 174.3 166.6 278.2 506.7 735.1 819.5 1,632.8 1,405.6 3,607.9

Depreciation 24.9 39.9 39.4 76.0 120.9 210.0 228.2 485.7 349.0 1,153.1

Interest 6.7 9.0 10.2 16.8 25.1 42.7 57.0 120.5 85.8 329.7

Other expenses 124.1 164.7 137.6 218.9 408.5 612.3 656.6 1,202.5 834.5 1,055.3

 Total expense 281.2 387.9 353.9 589.8 1,061.3 1,600.1 1,761.2 3,441.5 2,674.9 6,145.9

 Local savings 19.0 40.9 38.9 47.2 91.5 245.0 268.9 1,020.1 761.7 2,994.9

Patronage-other co-ops 22.1 32.3 32.6 55.7 81.2 122.4 129.8 222.8 91.9 96.9

Non-operation income 5.7 14.2 7.5 20.9 31.3 74.8 93.5 96.0 42.0 347.4

 Net income (pretax) 46.8 87.3 79.0 123.7 203.9 442.2 492.2 1,339.0 895.6 3,439.2

Taxes 3.6 4.0 5.7 10.0 14.7 33.5 18.9 28.2 53.8 89.5

 Net income 43.2 83.4 73.3 113.7 189.2 408.8 473.3 1,310.8 841.8 3,349.7

 

Net income from 

own operations 21.0 51.1 40.7 58.0 108.0 286.3 343.5 1,087.9 749.9 3,252.8

 Percent of all co-ops 0.35 0.85 0.68 0.97 1.80 4.77 5.73 18.13 12.50 54.22

 

Total Gross Bus. Vol. 1,082.1 1,952.1 2,055.9 3,704.7 7,028.5 12,259.5 14,348.7 27,878.6 25,083.2 95,681.8

 Percent of all co-ops 0.57 1.02 1.08 1.94 3.68 6.42 7.51 14.59 13.13 50.08

 

Number of co-ops 637 263 164 189 208 173 101 125 69 24

 Percent of all co-ops 32.62 13.47 8.40 9.68 10.65 8.86 5.17 6.40 3.53 1.23
12 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 6—Combined balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015

2016 2015 Difference Change

 ——————— Billion $ ———————— Percent

Current assets 48.170 49.636 (1.466) (2.95)

Property, plant & equipment 26.517 24.674 1.843 7.47 

Other assets 8.229 7.606 0.623 8.19

 Total, own assets 82.917 81.916 1.001 1.22 

Investments in other cooperatives 9.138 6.313 2.825 44.75

 Total assets 92.055 88.229 3.826 4.34 

 

Current liabilities 34.961 33.431 1.530 4.58 

Long-term liabilities 16.194 14.284 1.911 13.38

Total liabilities 51.156 47.715 3.441 7.21 

Allocated equity 24.003 24.229 (0.227) (0.94)

Retained earnings 16.896 16.285 0.611 3.75

 Total equity 40.899 40.514 0.385 0.95

Total liabilities and equity 92.055 88.229 3.826 4.34 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 13

TABLE 7—Combined balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2016 

Marketing Supplies Service Total

 Million $

Current assets 24,872.25 23,166.02 132.19 48,170.46 

Property, plant, and equipment 14,415.58 12,026.84 74.62 26,517.04 

Other assets 4,397.65 3,555.62 276.13 8,229.40 

 Total own assets 43,685.48 38,748.48 482.94 82,916.90 

Investments in other cooperatives 2,432.49 6,647.85 57.60 9,137.94 

 Total assets 46,117.97 45,396.33 540.55 92,054.84 

 

Current liabilities 17,437.42 17,410.10 113.85 34,961.37 

Long-term liabilities 9,431.02 6,728.55 34.74 16,194.32 

 Total liabilities 26,868.44 24,138.65 148.59 51,155.68 

Allocated equity 10,964.66 12,890.24 147.93 24,002.82 

Retained earnings 8,284.87 8,367.44 244.03 16,896.34 

 Total equity 19,249.53 21,257.67 391.95 40,899.16 

Total liabilities & net worth 46,117.97 45,396.33 540.55 92,054.84 

 

Number of cooperatives 1,040 827 86 1,953 
14 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 8—Combined balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed, 2016

 Primary commodity marketed

Cotton Cotton Gins Dairy Fruit & Veg Grains

Million$ Million$ Million$ Million$ Million$

Current assets 625.74 114.48 5,158.94 3,262.38 11,546.02 

Property, plant, and equipment 205.59 143.14 3,010.81 1,626.17 6,732.35 

Other assets 51.84 11.70 1,518.32 686.73 837.05 

 Total own assets 883.16 269.31 9,688.07 5,575.27 19,115.42 

Investments in other cooperatives 12.36 43.28 278.51 98.02 1,897.44

 Total assets 895.52 312.59 9,966.58 5,673.29 21,012.87 

Current liabilities 418.91 89.13 4,075.49 2,096.92 8,118.77 

Long-term liabilities 111.37 47.71 2,367.08 1,853.25 3,216.23

 Total liabilities 530.28 136.84 6,442.57 3,950.17 11,335.01 

Allocated equity 206.40 141.61 2,830.00 1,120.00 4,356.22 

Retained earnings 158.84 34.15 694.01 603.12 5,321.64

 Total equity 365.24 175.75 3,524.01 1,723.12 9,677.86

Total liabilities & net worth 895.52 312.59 9,966.58 5,673.29 21,012.87 

 

Number of cooperatives 13 97 109 118 434 

 

 Primary commodity marketed 

 

Livestock Poultry Rice Sugar Fish Other

Million $ Million $ Million $ Million $ Million $ Million $

Current assets 494.47 351.01 564.94 1,873.21 42.54 838.53 

Property, plant, and equipment 39.85 94.46 310.30 1,752.83 20.37 479.71 

Other assets 34.04 4.73 72.43 860.65 0.98 319.20

 Total own assets 568.35 450.20 947.66 4,486.69 63.89 1,637.45

Investments in other co-ops 19.88 0.76 16.60 38.90 0.00 26.74 

 Total assets 588.23 450.97 964.26 4,525.58 63.89 1,664.19 

Current liabilities 388.79 104.36 227.36 1,542.71 35.66 339.30 

Long-term liabilities 38.58 31.10 305.58 1,073.12 7.29 379.71

 Total liabilities 427.37 135.46 532.95 2,615.82 42.96 719.01 

Allocated equity 69.08 94.26 150.18 1,334.27 10.71 651.93 

Retained earnings 91.78 221.25 281.13 575.49 10.23 293.24

 Total equity 160.86 315.51 431.31 1,909.76 20.94 945.18

Total liabilities & net worth 588.23 450.97 964.26 4,525.58 63.89 1,664.19 

 

Number of cooperatives 82 10 9 26 34 108 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 15

TABLE 9—Combined balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by size, 2016

 Total sales category (Million $)

 

Less than $5 5–9 10–14 15–24 25–49 50–99 100–199 200–499 500–999 1,000 & more

 

Current assets 425 548 530 1,092 1,957 3,215 3,852 8,194 5,662 22,696

Invest. in other co-ops 110 176 196 311 520 679 762 1,349 611 4,422

Property, plant, & equip. 231 320 315 653 1,050 1,915 2,035 4,717 3,312 11,970

Other assets 238 56 89 94 140 234 427 1,354 781 4,816

 Total assets 1,004 1,101 1,130 2,151 3,667 6,042 7,077 15,614 10,366 43,903

 

Current liabilities 258 299 329 736 1,317 2,164 2,777 5,620 3,515 17,947

Long-term liabilities 105 98 95 244 394 641 939 2,642 2,001 9,034

 Total liabilities 363 398 423 980 1,712 2,805 3,716 8,262 5,516 26,981

Allocated equity 338 432 374 621 1,088 1,728 1,463 3,174 2,883 11,902

Retained earnings 303 270 332 550 868 1,509 1,898 4,178 1,967 5,021

 Total equity 641 703 706 1,171 1,956 3,237 3,361 7,352 4,850 16,922

Total liabilities 

 and equity 1,004 1,101 1,130 2,151 3,667 6,042 7,077 15,614 10,366 43,903

 As percent of all co-ops

Allocated equity ratio 1.41 1.80 1.56 2.59 4.53 7.20 6.09 13.22 12.01 49.58

Total assets ratio 1.09 1.20 1.23 2.34 3.98 6.56 7.69 16.96 11.26 47.69

 

Number of co-ops 637 263 164 189 208 173 101 125 69 24
16 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 10—Combined financial ratios, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2016 and 2015 

2016 2015

Measure Marketing Supply Service Total Total

 ——Ratio——

Current ratio 1.43 1.33 1.16 1.38 1.48

Debt-to-assets 0.58 0.53 0.27 0.56 0.54

Long-term debt-to-equity 0.49 0.32 0.09 0.40 0.35

Times interest earned 11.11 6.15 26.69 9.16 9.7

Fixed asset turnover 7.23 6.77 0.04 7.00 8.37

Equity-to-assets 0.42 0.47 0.73 0.44 0.46

Expenses-to-gross revenue 0.71 0.87 0.85 0.77 0.76

 ——Percent——

Gross margin 11.75 9.53 97.24 10.78 10.32

Return on total assets 11.98 5.05 7.14 8.53 9.31

Return on member equity 45.46 14.50 22.67 28.69 29.01

 

Current ratio = current assets/current liabilities

Debt-to-assets = total liabilities/total assets 

Long-term debt-to-equity = long-term liabilities/total equity 

Times interest earned = income before taxes and interest expense/interest expense

Fixed asset turnover = sales/fixed assets (net PP&E)

Equity-to-assets = total equity/total assets 

Expenses-to-gross-revenue = total expenses/gross revenue 

Gross margin = gross margin/total sales 

Return on total assets = net income before taxes/total assets 

Return on member equity = net income after taxes/allocated equity 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 17

TABLE 11—Combined financial ratios, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed and by size, 2016

Financial ratios by type

Cotton Fruits Grains & 

Measure Cotton Gins Dairy & Veg. Oilseeds Livestock Poultry Rice Sugar Fish Other

 ——Ratio——

Current ratio 1.49 1.28 1.27 1.56 1.42 1.27 3.36 2.48 1.21 1.19 2.47

Debt-to-assets 0.59 0.44 0.65 0.70 0.54 0.73 0.30 0.55 0.58 0.67 0.43

Long-term debt-to-equity 0.30 0.27 0.67 1.08 0.33 0.24 0.10 0.71 0.56 0.35 0.40

Times interest earned 6.45 18.55 6.52 13.41 5.46 3.99 64.72 22.75 34.17 20.87 103.35

Fixed asset turnover 11.16 2.05 12.12 5.50 6.15 87.78 9.51 5.65 3.28 10.10 5.50

Equity-to-assets 0.41 0.56 0.35 0.30 0.46 0.27 0.70 0.45 0.42 0.33 0.57

Expenses-to-gross rev. 0.71 0.86 0.88 0.69 0.91 0.87 0.44 0.66 0.46 0.74 0.19

 ——Percent—— 

Gross margin 2.51 25.14 6.63 25.82 7.35 1.43 17.80 27.82 35.86 21.68 58.06 

Return on total assets 7.10 16.75 5.07 15.99 3.73 3.93 21.04 18.37 26.45 21.15 77.25

Return on allocated equity 29.60 36.85 16.19 77.47 17.40 31.39 100.32 114.77 89.91 125.19 197.18

 Financial ratios by co-op size

 Total sales category (Million $)

 Measure Less than $5 $5-9 $10-14 $15-24 $25-49 $50-99 $100-199 $200-499 $500-999 $1,000 & more

 ——Ratio—— 

Current ratio 1.65 1.83 1.61 1.48 1.49 1.49 1.39 1.46 1.61 1.26

Debt-to-assets 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.61

Long-term debt-to-equity 0.16 0.14 0.13 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.28 0.36 0.41 0.53

Times interest earned 7.95 10.71 8.72 8.38 9.12 11.36 9.64 12.11 11.44 11.43

Fixed asset turnover 3.93 5.53 6.02 5.28 6.32 6.10 6.75 5.66 7.35 7.90

Equity-to-assets 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.54 0.53 0.54 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.39

Expenses-to-gross revenue 0.94 0.90 0.90 0.93 0.92 0.87 0.87 0.77 0.78 0.67

 ——Percent—— 

Gross margin 20.33 19.90 16.73 15.29 15.24 14.29 13.61 15.54 13.19 9.78

Return on total assets 4.66 7.58 6.49 5.29 5.16 6.76 6.69 8.39 8.12 7.63

Return on allocated equity 12.78 19.28 19.60 18.31 17.39 23.65 32.36 41.29 29.20 28.14

• Current ratio = current assets/current liabilities

• Debt-to-assets = total liabilities/total assets

• Long-term debt-to-equity = long term liabilities/total equity

• Times interest earned = income before taxes and interest expense/interest 

expense

• Fixed asset turnover = sales/fixed assets (net PP&E)

• Equity-to-assets = total equity/total assets

• Expenses-to-gross-revenue = total expenses/gross revenue

• Gross margin = gross margin/total sales

• Return on total assets = net income before taxes/total assets

• Return on member allocated equity = net income after taxes/allocated equity
18 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 19

SECTION II: Number of Co-ops, Memberships, and Employees

Section II (Tables 12–16) provides tables showing the number of co-ops by operating type, primary 

product marketed, State, and size. It is important to note that for Table 12, the State is where the 

cooperative is headquartered and many co-ops do business in multiple States (however, the number of 

members in Table 12 are the actual members that co-ops have in the corresponding States).

Highlights

• There are 178 ag co-ops with headquarters in Minnesota, 

the most of any state. Following it are Texas (166), North 

Dakota (134), Wisconsin (106), and California (103) (Table 

12). These are the same exact leading States as last year, 

although the numbers of co-ops in each had decreased.

• Texas is home to the largest number of marketing co-ops, 

with 117, followed by Minnesota with 83. California has 

70, while Wisconsin has 61. Three States have 60: Illinois, 

Kansas, and North Dakota.

• Minnesota is home to the largest number of supply and 

service co-ops, with 95, followed by North Dakota with 74.

• Kentucky has the most ag co-op memberships within 

it, with 161,729. Following are Virginia with 124,391, 

Minnesota with 122,992, Illinois with 113,372, and 

Wisconsin with 111,519.

• Grain and oilseeds were marketed by 634 co-ops; these 

crops accounted for a majority of total sales for 434 of these 

co-ops (Table 13).

• Fruit and vegetable marketing accounted for the majority of 

sales made by 118 co-ops.

• Dairy co-ops handled more than 80 percent of the Nation’s 

milk, the highest market share of all the commodities 

handled by ag co-ops. There are 125 co-ops that market 

dairy products in the United States, with dairy sales being 

the majority sales commodity for 112 of these co-ops. 

• There are 1,040 ag marketing co-ops, 827 ag supply co-ops, 

and 86 ag service co-ops in the United States.

Co-op numbers by size

• Most (637) of the ag co-ops in the United States do less 

than $5 million in sales; combined they had $1.1 billion of 

total sales volume (Table 14). These co-ops have 161,000 

members, or about 8.5 percent of all memberships.

• There are 263 co-ops with $5 million to $10 million in 

annual sales; 208 co-ops have sales of $25 million to $50 

million. 

• There are 93 co-ops with sales greater than $500 million; 

these co-ops account for 63 percent of all co-op business.

• Only 24 co-ops have sales over $1 billion, accounting for a 

combined $95.7 billion in total gross revenue.

Memberships and employees

• The 27 largest co-ops have 333,000 members, or 17.5 

percent of all memberships.

• Total employment of 187,369 in 2016 was up slightly, by 

80 employees. Full-time employment was up by 2,350 while 

part-time was down 2,270 (Table 15). 

• Marketing co-ops had 75,667 full-time employees, while 

supply co-ops had 62,236 workers in 2016.

• Grain and oilseed co-ops had 24,867 full-time employees, 

followed by dairy co-ops with 22,822. Next were fruit and 

vegetable co-ops with 14,136 full-time employees. Fruit 

and vegetable co-ops had the most part-time or seasonal 

employees; when counting seasonal staff, this group had 

more employees than did dairy co-ops, but still less than 

grain and oilseed.

• The largest group of co-ops (more than $1 billion in sales), 

had 57,803 total employees in 2016, 31 percent of all co-op 

total employees (Table 16).
20 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 12—Number of ag co-ops, by operating type and State, also memberships by State1, 2016

 

State Marketing Supply and Service2 Total Memberships

Alabama 10 34 44 25,502 

Arizona 8 0 8 1,904 

Arkansas 7 22 29 34,096 

California 70 33 103 34,989 

Colorado 13 12 25 17,513 

Florida 18 6 24 19,851 

Georgia 3 7 10 13,928 

Hawaii 4 6 10 518 

Idaho 16 6 22 12,518 

Illinois 60 34 94 113,372 

Indiana 8 21 29 53,037 

Iowa 51 29 80 96,779 

Kansas 60 24 84 97,213 

Kentucky 7 16 23 161,729 

Louisiana 12 17 29 9,993 

Maine 19 2 21 4,850 

Maryland 5 5 10 35,768 

Massachusetts 3 4 7 4,226 

Michigan 19 19 38 38,441 

Minnesota 83 95 178 122,992 

Mississippi 11 29 40 42,928 

Missouri 21 37 58 94,610 

Montana 15 24 39 22,036 

Nebraska 25 18 43 61,836 

New Jersey 9 1 10 1,340 

New York 39 9 48 7,337 

North Carolina 9 2 11 22,358 

North Dakota 60 74 134 76,684 

Ohio 25 12 37 40,380 

Oklahoma 19 30 49 36,864 

Oregon 15 12 27 28,204 

Pennsylvania 23 9 32 8,328 

South Dakota 29 36 65 62,390 

Tennessee 2 56 58 70,706 

Texas 117 49 166 72,221 

Utah 5 5 10 9,499 

Virginia 13 33 46 124,391 

Washington 37 20 57 26,043 

West Virginia 4 8 12 60,921 

Wisconsin 61 45 106 111,519 

Wyoming 5 4 9 4,382 

Other States3 20 8 28 16,937 

 United States 1,040 913 1,953 1,901,133

Foreign 285 

 Total 1,040 913 1,953 1,901,418

1 Number of co-ops are by 

headquarters, number of 

memberships are actual 

memberships in the State.

2 There were 827 supply coops and 86 service co-ops 

in 2016.

3 Other=Alaska, Connecticut, 

District of Columbia, 

Delaware, New Hampshire, 

New Mexico, Nevada, 

Rhode Island, South 

Carolina, and Vermont.
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 21

TABLE 13—Number of U.S. ag co-ops and memberships by type, 2016

 

1 2 Type Cooperatives with Sales of Item Cooperatives with Majority of Sales from Item Memberships

Bean and pea, dry 22 3 603

Cotton 113 13 22,612

Cotton gins 138 97 13,946

Dairy 125 109 40,772

Fish 38 34 5,294

Fruit and vegetable 149 118 20,539

Grain and oilseed 634 434 368,853

Livestock 103 82 56,487

Nut 19 16 9,535

Poultry 22 10 458

Rice 11 9 9,327

Sugar 32 26 8,806

Tobacco 5 4 13,746

Wool 39 37 8,496

Other marketing 82 48 4,721

Marketing co-ops 1,252 1,040 584,195

Supply co-ops 1,394 827 1,279,901

Service co-ops 1,682 86 37,322

 Total n/a 1,953 1,901,418 

1 Cooperatives with $1 or more reported sales of individual commodity. Totals will not add due to cooperatives that both market farm products and sell farm supplies and/

or provide services.

2

 Cooperatives primarily handling a commodity, selling farm supplies, or providing services.

3 Includes voting farmer-members, but not nonvoting patrons. Memberships include members in cooperatives predominantly marketing each product. Agricultural 

producers are typically members of more than one cooperative—for example a marketing cooperative as well as a farm supply cooperative.
22 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 14—U.S. ag co-ops, gross business, and memberships, by sales volume group, 2016

Sales volume group Cooperatives Dollar Volume1 Memberships

Number Percent Billion $ Percent 1,000 Percent

Less than 5 million 637 32.62 1.082 0.57 161 8.47

$5 to $9 million 263 13.47 1.952 1.02 120 6.31

$10 to $14 million 164 8.40 2.056 1.08 113 5.97

$15 to $24 million 189 9.68 3.705 1.94 137 7.20

$25 to $49 million 208 10.65 7.028 3.68 224 11.77

$50 to $99 million 173 8.86 12.260 6.42 157 8.27

$100 to $199 million 101 5.17 14.349 7.51 146 7.67

$200 to $499 million 125 6.40 27.879 14.59 338 17.76

$500 to $999 million 69 3.53 25.083 13.13 172 9.07

$1 billion or more 24 1.23 95.682 50.08 333 17.51

Total 1,953 100.00 191.075 100.00 1,901 100.00

1

 Total gross business volume 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 23

TABLE 15—Full-time and part-time employees, U.S. ag co-ops, by type, 2016 and 2015

2016 Employees 2015 Employees 2016–2015

Total Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time Total Change

 Thousands Thousands Number Percent

 

Cotton 1,058 895 163 1,100 946 154 (42) (3.82)

Cotton ginning 2,280 623 1,657 2,454 640 1,814 (174) (7.09)

Dairy 25,301 22,822 2,479 23,045 21,383 1,662 2,256 9.79 

Fish 331 139 192 893 685 208 (562) (62.93)

Fruit & vegetable 25,958 14,136 11,822 27,525 14,030 13,495 (1,567) (5.69)

Grain & oilseed 32,663 24,867 7,796 32,323 23,607 8,716 340 1.05 

Livestock 1,416 543 873 1,549 563 986 (133) (8.59)

Rice 2,470 2,387 83 2,540 2,249 291 (70) (2.76)

Sugar 10,186 6,006 4,180 10,861 6,462 4,399 (675) (6.21)

Poultry 1,578 1,049 529 2,096 1,801 295 (518) (24.71)

Nuts 1,777 1,543 234 1,565 1,474 91 212 13.55 

Other marketing 1,230 657 573 975 581 394 255 26.15 

 

Marketing co-ops 106,248 75,667 30,581 106,926 74,421 32,505 (678) (0.63)

Supply co-ops 79,713 62,236 17,477 78,776 61,093 17,683 937 1.19 

Service co-ops 1,408 732 676 1,587 771 816 (179) (11.28)

 Total 187,369 138,635 48,734 187,289 136,285 51,004 80 0.04 
24 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 16—Number of U.S. ag co-ops, memberships, employees, and branches, by size, 2016

Total sales category (Million $)

 

Measure Less than $5 5–9 10–14 15–24 25–49 50–99 100–199 200–499 500–999 1,000 + Totals

Ag co-ops (number) 637 263 164 189 208 173 101 125 69 24 1,953

 Proportion (percent) 32.62 13.47 8.40 9.68 10.65 8.86 5.17 6.40 3.53 1.23 100

 

Memberships (number) 161,028 119,890 113,483 136,961 223,853 157,339 145,802 337,753 172,372 332,937 1,901,418

 Proportion (percent) 8.47 6.31 5.97 7.20 11.77 8.27 7.67 17.76 9.07 17.51 100.00

 

Full-time employ. (number) 2,553 3,029 2,828 4,418 7,732 11,045 11,391 23,366 19,580 52,693 138,635

 Proportion (percent) 1.84 2.18 2.04 3.19 5.58 7.97 8.22 16.85 14.12 38.01 100

 

Part-time employ. (number) 3,143 1,922 1,738 2,875 4,766 6,142 3,784 8,934 10,320 5,110 48,734

 Proportion (percent) 6.45 3.94 3.57 5.90 9.78 12.60 7.76 18.33 21.18 10.49 100

 

Total employees (number) 5,696 4,951 4,566 7,293 12,498 17,187 15,175 32,300 29,900 57,803 187,369

 Proportion (percent) 3.04 2.64 2.44 3.89 6.67 9.17 8.10 17.24 15.96 30.85 100

 

Branches operated (no.) 93 111 147 283 428 776 897 1,401 906 967 6,009

 Proportion (percent) 1.55 1.85 2.45 4.71 7.12 12.91 14.93 23.32 15.08 16.09 100
SECTION III: Business Volume, Top Co-ops, and Losses

This section (Tables 17 through 23) presents cooperative sales volume of commodities and inputs 

by State, net business volume, top 10 and top 100 ag co-op data, and ag co-ops that had losses, with 

comparisons to 2015. 

Highlights

• Minnesota had the most co-op sales (marketing and supply) 

of any State, with $20.7 billion in 2016. The majority of 

these sales were earned from marketing crop and livestock 

products (Table 17). 

• Iowa was second, with $17.9 billion in marketing and supply 

sales, followed by Illinois ($13.3 billion), Wisconsin ($11.8 

billion), California ($11.4 billion), Nebraska ($9.4 billion), 

North Dakota ($8.6 billion), Missouri ($7.9 billion), and 

Kansas ($7.6 billion).

• Minnesota was also the top State for just marketing sales, 

with $15 billion, followed by California ($10.4 billion), 

Iowa ($10.3 billion), Wisconsin ($7.7 billion), Illinois ($6.6 

billion), and then North Dakota ($5.3 billion), Nebraska 

($4.9 billion), Missouri ($4.7 billion), and Kansas ($4.4 

billion).

• For supply sales, Iowa was the top State with $7.5 billion, 

followed by Illinois ($6.7 billion), Minnesota ($5.6 billion), 

Nebraska ($4.5 billion), Wisconsin ($4.2 billion), North 

Dakota, and Kansas ($3.3 billion) Missouri ($3.2 billion), 

and Indiana ($3.1 billion).

• Minnesota was first in service and other operating income 

with $781 million, followed by Iowa with $645 million, 

Illinois with $415 million, California and Nebraska $342 

million, then Kansas ($335 million), Wisconsin ($320 

million), and Texas ($312 million).

• Ag co-ops had marketing and supply sales of $1.3 billion in 

foreign markets.

• Total net business volume (eliminating sales to other coops) was $165.6 billion in 2016, a drop of 8 percent from 

2015 (Table 18).

Largest Ag Co-ops:

• Top 100 largest ag co-ops (ranked by total gross business 

volume) had gross business volume of $136.3 billion in 2016 

(Table 19). That was a drop of $12.3 billion (or decrease of 

8.3 percent) from 2015. 

• Net income was down by just $9 million from the record set 

in 2015, at $4.9 billion.

• Total gross business volume and net income of the Top 100 

ag co-ops accounted for 71 percent of business volume and 

net income of all ag co-ops in 2016. 

• The Top 100 ag co-ops dropped expenses $299 million in 

2016, even though they had increases in wages, depreciation, 

and interest expenses.

• Total assets of the Top 100 were a record $62.1 billion 

(67 percent of total assets for all ag co-ops), while member 

equity was $25.1 billion, of which $16.4 billion was allocated 

(Table 20).

• The Top 10 largest ag co-ops profitability ratios improved 

from 2015 to 2016 and all ratios remained strong; the Top 

100 also had some positive changes and ratios remained 

strong in 2016 (Table 21). 

• The Top 10 largest ag co-ops had 41 percent of total sales, 

and 39 percent of net income of all ag co-ops (Table 22).

• The Top 10 also had 41 percent of the total assets and 35 

percent of the total equity of all ag co-ops.

Losses:

• Co-ops experienced $174 million of losses (negative net 

income before taxes) in 2016, which was $18 million less 

than the $192 million in losses in 2015 (Table 23). 

• In 2016, 256 co-ops suffered losses, up from 242 co-ops 

with losses in 2015. 

• By type, the co-ops that suffered losses in 2016 included 146 

marketing ($95.7 million in losses), 98 farm supply ($77.1 

million in losses) and 12 service co-ops ($1.3 million in 

losses).

• The largest commodity segment for losses was grain/oilseed, 

where 59 co-ops ended the year in the red, experiencing 

36 percent of the total losses of all ag co-ops. Following 

grain and oilseed were fruit and vegetable, with 17 co-ops 

suffering losses in 2016.

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TABLE 17—Gross business volume of commodities and supplies, U.S. ag co-ops, by State, 2016

Item AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DE

 Million $

Bean and pea (dry) - - 7.27 - 11.35 - - -

Cotton - 88.01 47.94 57.98 36.60 - - -

Cotton gins - 3.53 33.23 10.87 60.24 - - -

Fish 12.14 36.11 - - 1.43 - 0.37 -

Fruit & vegetable - - 0.80 86.63 3,065.17 6.66 - 0.44

Grain and oilseed - 187.83 103.48 - 7.88 221.33 303.48 -

Livestock - 11.14 12.79 7.83 34.44 79.29 - -

Milk - 108.23 175.87 718.71 4,981.44 - 84.08 22.41

Nut - 0.48 - 0.28 1,679.12 - - -

Poultry - - - - 208.74 - - -

Rice - - 311.05 - 302.04 - - -

Sugar - 0.15 4.42 0.44 10.50 329.90 - -

Tobacco - - - - - - - -

Wool - - - - 0.01 - - -

Other marketing 0.08 72.31 886.13 4.07 17.35 3.76 1.42 0.67

 Total products marketed 12.22 507.79 1,582.97 886.81 10,416.31 640.95 389.35 23.52

 

Crop protectants (chemicals) 0.00 75.94 207.51 7.42 65.25 58.45 1.65 19.80

Feed 74.05 113.18 117.96 31.78 429.24 125.57 8.43 11.68

Fertilizer - 97.13 126.42 0.13 182.42 78.60 0.07 40.18

Petroleum - 11.70 151.96 - 3.22 677.11 4.84 25.96

Seed - 44.93 46.91 1.35 25.73 30.49 1.26 5.42

Other supplies 20.34 62.63 69.78 27.79 244.56 82.75 10.34 11.53

 Total farm supplies 94.39 405.50 720.53 68.47 950.42 1,052.98 26.60 114.57

 

Total marketing and supply sales 106.61 913.29 2,303.50 955.28 11,366.72 1,693.93 415.95 138.10

 

Service receipts & other income, patronage 2.12 26.68 56.66 18.67 341.59 92.05 0.17 0.42

 

Gross business volume 108.73 939.98 2,360.16 973.95 11,708.32 1,785.98 416.12 138.52

Business between cooperatives 33.37 88.48 194.55 102.51 1,255.70 741.08 6.93 30.00

Net business volume 75.36 851.50 2,165.62 871.44 10,452.62 1,044.90 409.19 108.52

 

Co-ops doing business in State (no.) 9 53 45 22 123 41 12 7 

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TABLE 17 (cont.)—Gross business volume of commodities and supplies, U.S. ag co-ops, by State, 2016 

Item FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS

 Million $

Bean and pea (dry) - - - - 31.572 - - -

Cotton 21.262 234.305 - - - - - 8.623

Cotton gins - 0.771 - - - - - -

Fish - - - - 0.038 - - -

Fruit & vegetable 742.062 17.558 7.562 - 27.092 - - -

Grain and oilseed - - - 7,129.696 115.700 4,585.870 510.038 3,466.087

Livestock 68.599 - 0.253 568.393 108.009 426.973 273.433 176.888

Milk 474.511 305.053 - 1,396.414 414.194 1,554.584 379.961 723.675

Nut - 15.474 - - 0.001 - - -

Poultry - - - 114.131 0.094 - - -

Rice - - - - - - - -

Sugar 700.749 0.245 4.011 1.026 750.205 - - -

Tobacco - - - - - - - -

Wool - - - 0.225 0.007 0.045 0.060 0.150

Other marketing 6.162 14.101 0.747 1,113.800 1.816 32.166 4.125 5.587

 Total products marketed 2,013.343 587.508 12.573 10,323.686 1,448.729 6,599.638 1,167.618 4,381.010

 

Crop protectants (chemicals) 181.901 338.270 0.210 864.418 97.732 1,113.247 425.249 521.653

Feed 126.816 88.582 5.957 2,069.907 67.720 451.344 209.948 310.547

Fertilizer 60.724 80.799 0.650 1,444.847 21.666 1,267.119 501.191 604.165

Petroleum 3.339 499.920 - 1,865.458 745.635 2,595.490 1,648.251 1,447.474

Seed 11.002 37.467 0.009 830.500 33.032 892.905 275.382 261.308

Other supplies 30.392 54.814 1.061 463.622 85.261 378.312 85.815 121.324

 Total farm supplies 414.174 1,099.852 7.887 7,538.752 1,051.047 6,698.416 3,145.836 3,266.472

 

Total marketing and supply sales 2,427.517 1,687.359 20.460 17,862.438 2,499.776 13,298.055 4,313.454 7,647.481

 

Service receipts & other income 91.802 5.180 2.509 644.816 57.375 414.921 114.351 335.476

 

Gross business volume 2,519.320 1,692.539 22.968 18,507.254 2,557.150 13,712.975 4,427.805 7,982.957

Business between cooperatives 749.607 460.243 1.438 1,687.934 1,159.454 1,744.958 1,187.615 833.088

Net business volume 1,769.713 1,232.297 21.531 16,819.319 1,397.696 11,968.017 3,240.190 7,149.869

 

Co-ops doing business in State (no.) 42 31 14 104 39 119 47 107

 

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TABLE 17 (cont.)—Gross business volume of commodities and supplies, U.S. ag co-ops, by State, 2016

Item KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO

 Million $

Bean and pea (dry) - - - - 0.010 35.360 1.122 0.532

Cotton - 36.994 - - - - - 28.309

Cotton gins - 14.537 - - - - - 4.312

Fish - 0.903 - 0.066 95.730 - 1.071 -

Fruit & vegetable 0.786 1.358 243.959 0.165 3.795 760.748 0.456 0.100

Grain and oilseed 373.969 595.188 - 0.500 0.200 195.024 7,829.971 1,445.570

Livestock 149.882 - - - 0.055 137.189 174.149 147.827

Milk 207.830 202.924 48.334 504.322 71.882 1,185.818 3,998.629 2,768.891

Nut - 0.304 - - - - - 0.054

Poultry - - - - 0.025 230.837 46.840 -

Rice - 14.789 - - - - - 1.546

Sugar - 838.024 - - 0.005 559.556 1,464.485 0.573

Tobacco 22.853 - - - - - - -

Wool - - - - 0.014 0.090 0.105 -

Other marketing 5.517 13.325 153.476 2.784 1.269 3.266 1,535.594 299.169

 Total products marketed 760.837 1,718.347 445.769 507.837 172.985 3,107.889 15,052.421 4,696.882

 

Crop protectants (chemicals) 109.206 88.368 3.376 18.337 3.548 79.119 801.944 289.468

Feed 97.960 85.617 16.057 76.424 9.113 186.156 1,189.325 396.537

Fertilizer 215.173 34.517 11.889 35.995 1.948 117.001 1,049.938 584.357

Petroleum 158.132 28.516 0.029 102.307 7.203 682.953 1,421.279 1,638.150

Seed 61.223 31.454 2.874 10.233 0.230 48.364 742.694 161.995

Other supplies 92.699 31.088 7.501 30.553 16.935 130.283 403.731 119.149

 Total farm supplies 734.393 299.560 41.727 273.849 38.977 1,243.876 5,608.910 3,189.655

 

Total marketing and supply sales 1,495.230 2,017.907 487.496 781.686 211.961 4,351.766 20,661.331 7,886.537

 

Service receipts & other income 11.831 - 6.823 0.792 0.206 85.052 780.535 244.358

Gross business volume 1,507.061 2,003.542 494.319 782.478 212.168 4,436.817 21,441.866 8,130.895

Business between cooperatives 170.424 83.911 212.065 122.190 5.590 676.903 1,522.922 1,023.220

Net business volume 1,336.636 1,919.631 282.254 660.288 206.577 3,759.914 19,918.944 7,107.675

Co-ops doing business in State (no.) 29 47 14 19 27 60 200 88

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TABLE 17 (cont.)—Gross business volume of commodities and supplies, U.S. ag co-ops, by State, 2016

Item MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM

 Million $

Bean and pea (dry) - 17.082 - 60.947 33.893 - - -

Cotton 133.470 - 92.508 - - - - 0.073

Cotton gins 11.462 - 1.673 - - - - 5.105

Fish - - - - - 5.655 16.156 -

Fruit & vegetable 0.100 1.260 19.190 28.165 0.002 0.060 151.584 -

Grain and oilseed 439.692 757.457 - 4,097.735 3,928.707 - - 0.847

Livestock 15.292 17.560 0.349 72.200 17.855 0.064 5.635 0.159

Milk 274.501 0.348 177.728 212.984 953.829 42.863 6.368 778.449

Nut - - 0.006 - - - - 0.270

Poultry - 0.514 - - - - 0.297 -

Rice 79.452 - - - - - - -

Sugar 1.888 85.173 - 778.152 3.852 - - -

Tobacco - - 247.363 - - - - -

Wool - 0.467 0.003 0.016 0.075 - - -

Other marketing 3.965 0.652 18.097 16.525 1.442 1.469 45.248 2.737

 Total products marketed 959.823 880.514 556.917 5,266.724 4,939.656 50.111 225.287 787.639

 

Crop protectants (chemicals) 72.422 292.893 35.277 515.106 888.313 0.023 6.047 1.039

Feed 81.507 75.311 120.180 69.343 478.680 6.051 31.876 102.084

Fertilizer 27.189 360.844 84.219 438.054 1,161.346 0.428 18.420 1.038

Petroleum 10.679 843.645 13.575 1,477.182 1,408.068 0.006 0.866 1.188

Seed 26.381 38.932 22.124 353.785 365.515 0.068 0.451 5.872

Other supplies 44.356 95.455 32.588 442.632 160.043 0.430 27.230 2.153

 Total farm supplies 262.534 1,707.080 307.962 3,296.101 4,461.966 7.005 84.889 113.374

 

Total marketing and supply sales 1,222.358 2,587.594 864.880 8,562.825 9,401.622 57.116 310.176 901.013

 

Service receipts & other income 98.989 24.210 6.115 184.140 342.272 0.078 0.680 1.683

 

Gross business volume 1,321.346 2,611.804 870.995 8,746.965 9,743.894 57.195 310.856 902.696

Business between cooperatives 83.562 588.417 101.914 781.778 1,207.199 1.989 85.354 24.333

Net business volume 1,237.785 2,023.387 769.081 7,965.187 8,536.695 55.206 225.502 878.364

 

Co-ops doing business in State (no.) 53 54 23 156 63 9 20 20

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TABLE 17 (cont.)—Gross business volume of commodities and supplies, U.S. ag co-ops, by State, 2016

Item NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC

 Million $

Bean and pea (dry) - 0.00014 - - - 0.00021 - -

Cotton - - - 69.316 - - - 40.236

Cotton gins - - - 18.980 - - - -

Fish - - - - - - - -

Fruit & vegetable - 199.032 37.023 - 643.987 404.057 - -

Grain and oilseed - - 1,638.647 160.442 1,000.376 2.050 - 0.747

Livestock 3.913 2.245 244.715 99.148 111.498 1.300 - -

Milk - 2,877.747 302.517 244.651 1,073.691 1,564.912 6.114 105.008

Nut - - - 1.521 21.239 - - -

Poultry - 0.017 0.832 - - 1.176 - -

Rice - - - - - - - -

Sugar - 0.234 0.039 - 48.534 0.197 - -

Tobacco - - - - - - - -

Wool 0.005 0.012 0.240 0.060 - 0.208 - -

Other marketing 1.418 38.867 256.806 3.383 64.914 8.323 0.412 0.077

 Total products marketed 5.336 3,118.154 2,480.819 597.500 2,964.238 1,982.224 6.526 146.068

 

Crop protectants (chemicals) 0.432 38.426 276.721 129.101 350.447 88.680 0.388 13.018

Feed 24.926 144.352 386.697 149.764 187.219 162.481 0.657 33.673

Fertilizer 0.550 39.244 500.533 133.303 455.619 78.893 - 31.496

Petroleum - 2.294 504.277 1,022.488 688.332 10.015 - 0.251

Seed 1.711 11.670 255.179 20.309 39.383 6.445 0.006 10.260

Other supplies 22.317 52.455 113.744 61.063 253.478 35.385 0.054 6.697

 Total farm supplies 49.936 288.442 2,037.151 1,516.028 1,974.478 381.899 1.105 95.396

 

Total marketing and supply sales 55.272 3,406.596 4,517.970 2,113.529 4,938.717 2,364.123 7.632 241.463

 

Service receipts & other income - 10.533 169.100 75.669 89.126 6.169 0.025 0.303

 

Gross business volume 55.272 3,417.129 4,687.070 2,189.198 5,027.843 2,370.292 7.657 241.767

Business between cooperatives 16.982 148.398 451.883 585.466 690.533 288.440 0.516 29.481

Net business volume 38.290 3,268.731 4,235.188 1,603.731 4,337.310 2,081.852 7.141 212.286

 

Co-ops doing business in State (no.) 9 62 54 69 43 47 7 13

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TABLE 17 (cont.)—Gross business volume of commodities and supplies, U.S. ag co-ops, by State, 2016

Item SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI

 Million $

Bean and pea (dry) - - - - - - 8.180 -

Cotton - 39.049 892.980 - 10.995 - - -

Cotton gins - 23.957 289.304 - - - - 0.555

Fish - - - - - - 58.206 -

Fruit & vegetable - - 58.247 63.432 - 2.807 881.345 450.852

Grain and oilseed 3,214.591 4.913 923.319 - 2.350 - 1,056.563 574.644

Livestock 81.881 1.836 118.393 78.263 2.791 1.748 1.201 472.154

Milk 470.608 240.457 1,692.931 1.045 540.746 520.610 1,788.726 5,497.663

Nut - - 16.100 - 12.614 - - -

Poultry - 0.004 - - 4.148 - 0.100 63.891

Rice - - 31.909 - - - - -

Sugar 24.682 0.030 60.960 0.823 - 0.085 10.785 0.295

Tobacco - 20.000 - - - - - 0.289

Wool 0.135 - 0.489 2.428 0.028 - 0.007 0.075

Other marketing 30.220 39.622 83.345 1.753 283.750 0.232 18.171 609.045

 Total products marketed 3,822.119 369.867 4,167.976 147.744 857.422 525.483 3,823.283 7,669.462

 

Crop protectants (chemicals) 560.205 199.528 238.561 19.498 36.620 2.553 441.984 459.278

Feed 317.061 307.677 504.143 129.259 251.396 36.001 182.695 854.917

Fertilizer 676.846 331.895 142.035 33.773 147.064 3.081 465.661 751.230

Petroleum 941.796 655.207 249.974 469.032 791.840 - 655.777 1,271.022

Seed 445.768 242.167 99.391 8.142 40.876 0.323 63.123 393.702

Other supplies 117.002 297.420 126.264 113.143 223.227 7.055 294.926 424.593

 Total farm supplies 3,058.678 2,033.894 1,360.368 772.847 1,491.023 49.013 2,104.166 4,154.742

 

Total marketing and supply sales 6,880.797 2,403.761 5,528.344 920.591 2,348.445 574.495 5,927.449 11,824.204

 

Service receipts & other income 179.518 78.306 312.198 18.887 31.878 12.895 150.944 319.758

 

Gross business volume 7,060.315 2,482.067 5,840.542 939.478 2,380.322 587.390 6,078.394 12,143.962

Business between cooperatives 1,044.232 532.322 389.271 380.215 524.427 9.895 677.799 1,844.376

Net business volume 6,016.083 1,949.745 5,451.272 559.263 1,855.895 577.495 5,400.594 10,299.585

 

Co-ops doing business in State (no.) 87 77 186 23 42 8 76 92

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TABLE 17 (cont.)—Gross business volume of commodities and supplies, U.S. ag co-ops, by State, 2016 

Item WV WY DC Foreign1 TOTAL

 Million $

Bean and pea (dry) - 0.445 - - 207.769

Cotton - - - - 1,838.653

Cotton gins - - - 12.456 490.978

Fish - - - - 227.876

Fruit & vegetable - - - 369.832 8,276.332

Grain and oilseed - - - 37.121 44,912.015

Livestock 1.432 50.653 - - 3,779.415

Milk 34.054 - - 82.185 39,818.491

Nut - - - - 1,747.458

Poultry - - - - 671.646

Rice - - - - 740.792

Sugar - 23.161 - 5.156 5,708.330

Tobacco - - - - 290.505

Wool 0.023 0.153 - 0.090 5.222

Other marketing 1.444 0.412 - 160.613 5,871.634

 Total products marketed 36.952 74.824 - 667.453 114,587.116

 

Crop protectants (chemicals) 1.728 4.102 0.011 - 10,044.466

Feed 28.229 14.876 0.001 125.798 11,106.753

Fertilizer 10.862 13.352 - 1.357 12,465.260

Petroleum 21.080 556.674 - 466.036 25,780.234

Seed 4.565 7.320 0.019 - 6,020.246

Other supplies 26.560 47.567 0.001 21.042 5,631.137

 Total farm supplies 93.024 643.890 0.032 614.233 71,048.095

 

Total marketing and supply sales 129.976 718.715 0.032 1,281.686 185,635.211

 

Service receipts & other income 0.496 5.881 - - 5,439.885

 

Gross business volume 130.472 724.596 0.032 1,281.686 191,075.096

Business between cooperatives 16.836 239.475 0.027 603.889 25,443.174

Net business volume 113.635 485.121 0.006 677.797 165,631.922

 

Co-ops doing business in State (number)2 15 22 3 16 NA

 

1 Sourced from outside the 50 States and Washington, D.C. 

2 NOTE: Some co-ops do business in several States, so the sum of the State number of co-ops will not

sum to the total number (1,953) of U.S. ag co-ops.
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TABLE 18—Net business volume1, U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015

Item 2016 2015 Difference Change

Billion $ Billion $ Billion $ Percent

Commodities marketed: 

Bean and pea (dry edible) 0.205 0.207 (0.002) (0.95)

Cotton 1.835 2.332 (0.497) (21.32)

Cottonseed 0.352 0.321 0.030 9.47 

Dairy 38.562 38.328 0.234 0.61 

Fish 0.228 0.224 0.004 1.70 

Fruit and vegetable 5.913 5.889 0.024 0.41 

Grain and oilseed 44.294 48.347 (4.053) (8.38)

Livestock 3.779 4.792 (1.012) (21.13)

Nut 1.745 1.723 0.022 1.29 

Poultry 0.672 0.788 (0.116) (14.74)

Rice 0.741 0.875 (0.134) (15.31)

Sugar 4.539 4.727 (0.188) (3.97)

Tobacco 0.291 0.339 (0.048) (14.22)

Wool 0.005 0.005 0.0004 8.49 

Other marketing2 5.442 6.514 (1.072) (16.45)

Total marketing 108.603 115.409 (6.806) (5.90)

 

Supplies sold: 

Crop protectants 6.486 7.315 (0.829) (11.33)

Feed 9.093 9.932 (0.839) (8.44)

Fertilizer 10.425 12.326 (1.901) (15.42)

Petroleum 17.031 21.390 (4.359) (20.38)

Seed 3.423 3.188 0.235 7.38 

Other supplies 5.132 4.873 0.259 5.31

Total supplies 51.589 59.023 (7.434) (12.59)

 

Services and other income3 5.440 5.458 (0.018) (0.33)

 

Total net business volume 165.632 179.890 (14.258) (7.93)

1 Net of inter-cooperative business. 

2 Other marketing includes cottonseed, other marketings, and local foods (farmer markets, Community Supported Ag (CSA) associations, food hubs).

3 Includes service receipts, patronage refunds received and non-operating income.
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TABLE 19—Abbreviated income statement, Top 100 ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015

2016 2015 Difference Change

Billion $ Billion $ Billion $ Percent

Sales revenue 133.820 146.178 (12.359) (8.5)

Cost of goods sold 120.649 132.465 (11.816) (8.9)

Gross margin 13.171 13.713 (0.542) (4.0)

Service and other operating income 1.787 1.684 0.102 6.1

Gross revenue 14.957 15.397 (0.440) (2.9)

Expenses 

Wages 5.814 5.626 0.189 3.4 

Depreciation 1.754 1.643 0.111 6.8 

Interest expense 0.479 0.460 0.019 4.1 

Other expenses 2.603 3.221 (0.618) (19.2)

Total expenses 10.651 10.950 (0.299) (2.7)

Net operating margin 4.307 4.447 (0.141) (3.2)

Patronage from other co-ops 0.306 0.318 (0.012) (3.9)

Non-operating income (expense) 0.425 0.417 0.008 1.9 

Net income before taxes 5.037 5.182 (0.145) (2.8)

Taxes 0.152 0.289 (0.136) (47.2)

Net income 4.885 4.894 (0.009) (0.2)

 

Total gross business volume 136.337 148.598 (12.261) (8.3)
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TABLE 20 — Abbreviated balance sheet, Top 100 ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015

Item 2016 2015 Difference Change

Billion $ Billion $ Billion S Percent

Current assets 32.741 33.706 (0.966) (2.86)

Investments in other co-ops 5.671 2.895 2.775 95.85 

Property, plant & equipment 17.804 16.423 1.381 8.41 

Other assets 5.880 5.499 0.381 6.93

Total assets 62.096 58.524 3.571 6.10 

 

Current liabilities 24.625 22.682 1.943 8.57 

Long-term liabilities 12.395 10.677 1.718 16.09

Total liabilities 37.020 33.358 3.662 10.98 

Allocated equity 16.352 16.655 (0.303) (1.82)

Retained earnings 8.724 8.510 0.213 2.51

Total equity 25.076 25.166 (0.090) (0.36)

Total liabilities and equity 62.096 58.524 3.571 6.10 
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TABLE 21—Top 10 and Top 100 ag co-ops financial ratios, 2016 and 2015

2016 2015

 Top 10 Top 100 All Top 10 Top 100 All

Ratio Ratio

Current ratio 1.23 1.33 1.38 1.42 1.49 1.48

Debt-to-assets 0.61 0.60 0.56 0.60 0.57 0.54

Long-term debt-to-equity 0.49 0.50 0.46 0.41 0.42 0.35

Times interest earned 11.97 11.52 11.16 8.42 12.27 9.70

Fixed asset turnover 7.87 7.52 7.00 9.91 8.90 8.37

Equity-to-assets 0.39 0.40 0.44 0.40 0.43 0.46

Expenses-to-gross revenue 0.64 0.71 0.77 0.74 0.71 0.76

Percent Percent

Gross margin 8.37 9.84 10.78 5.61 9.38 10.32

Return on total assets 7.43 8.11 7.76 4.90 9.64 9.31

Return on member equity 25.34 29.87 28.69 15.62 29.38 29.01
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 37

TABLE 22—Top 10 and Top 100 ag co-ops share compared to all U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015

2016 2015

 Top 10 Top 100 Top 10 Top 100

Percent of all ag co-ops Percent of all ag co-ops

Total sales 41.79 72.09 41.84 70.75

Service receipts 2.83 46.78 0.31 42.77

Patronage from other cooperatives 7.59 34.43 8.29 37.94

Total gross business volume 40.87 71.35 40.98 70.07

Net income 39.02 70.94 22.00 69.61

 

Own assets 40.03 68.05 40.04 67.91

Investments in other co-ops 45.36 62.06 22.40 45.86

Total assets 40.56 67.45 38.77 66.33

Total liabilities 44.67 72.37 42.72 69.91

Allocated equity 44.18 68.12 40.87 68.74

Total equity 35.41 61.31 34.13 62.12

 

Memberships 5.07 31.74 14.58 31.22

Employees 23.33 56.19 21.78 54.49

Cooperatives 0.49 4.89 0.49 4.89
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TABLE 23—Losses, U.S. ag co-ops, 2016 and 2015

2016 2015 2016 2015

 

Item Co-ops1 Losses2 Co-ops1 Losses2 Share of Total Losses Share of Total Losses

Number Million $ Number Million $ Percent Percent

Products marketed 

Cotton 2 (17.58) 2 (32.87) 18.38 21.22 

Cotton ginning 15 (2.79) 14 (1.94) 2.92 1.25 

Dairy 15 (10.18) 19 (31.84) 10.64 20.55 

Fish 6 (0.13) 6 (0.24) 0.14 0.15 

Fruit and vegetable 17 (12.09) 26 (12.86) 12.64 8.30 

Grain and oilseed 59 (34.31) 45 (11.71) 35.87 7.56 

Livestock 9 (1.14) 10 (1.38) 1.19 0.89 

Sugar 4 (10.88) 5 (58.21) 11.37 37.57 

Nuts 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Wool and mohair 7 (0.04) 6 (0.06) 0.05 0.04 

Other marketing3 12 (6.52) 7 (3.82) 6.82 2.47 

 Total marketing 146 (95.66) 140 (154.92) 54.97 80.65 

 Farm supplies 98 (77.07) 83 (35.44) 44.29 18.45 

 Services 12 (1.28) 19 (1.74) 0.74 0.90 

Total losses 256 (174.01) 242 (192.10) 100.00 100.00 

1 Cooperatives with negative net income before taxes.

2 Negative net income before taxes.

3 Bean and pea, nut, rice, sugar, tobacco, local foods, and other marketing cooperatives.
SECTION IV: Benchmark Statistics for Cooperative Comparisons

This section (Tables 24 through 28) presents benchmark statistics (common-size) for operating 

statements, balance sheets, and other data by operating type and primary product handled. These tables 

provide benchmarks that allow cooperatives to compare their financial position and performance with 

similar type and size cooperatives.

Highlights • Poultry marketing (28.10)

• Marketing co-ops have higher gross margins as a percent of • Fish and seafood marketing (28.11)

gross business volume than farm supply or service co-ops • Rice marketing (28.12)

(Table 24). • Sugar marketing (28.13)

• Total expenses were 9.8 percent of business volume for • Nut marketing (28.14)

marketing co-ops and 9.2 percent for supply. • Local foods (28.15)

• As a percent of gross business volume, operating expenses • Bioenergy marketing (28.16)

were highest among the cotton gin co-ops at 38.5 percent. • Dry bean and pea marketing (28.16)

Following were fruit and vegetable (19.2 percent), rice (18.8 • Seed and flower marketing (28.16)

percent), sugar (17.2 percent), and fish (16.8 percent) (Table • Tobacco marketing (28.16)

25). Livestock co-ops had the lowest at 2.5 percent. • Wool marketing (28.16)

• Allocated member equity as a proportion of assets was • Other marketing—wood, coffee, etc. (28.16)

highest in supply co-ops (28.4 percent); service was next at • Farm supply (28.17)

27.4 percent, then marketing at 24 percent (Table 26). • Mixed farm supply (28.18)

• Among marketing co-ops, cotton gin co-ops had the highest • Artificial insemination (28.19)

proportion of fixed assets to total assets (45.8 percent) • Cotton service (28.20)

(Table 27). Sugar was next (38.7 percent). • Crop service (28.20)

• Debt as a percent of assets was highest among for fruit and • Hulling service (28.20)

vegetable co-ops at 32.7 percent. Following were rice, dairy, • Dairy service (28.20)

and sugar co-ops. • Fruit and vegetable service (28.20)

• Allocated member equity was highest among cotton gin, • Livestock service (28.20)

sugar, and fruit and vegetable co-ops. • Nut service (28.20)

• Rice drying (28.20)

Benchmarks • Storage (28.20)

Cooperatives may compare their performance with the set • Transportation (28.20)

of cooperatives that most closely matches their operating • Other service—including winery and grower associations 

type and amount of sales. The 20 common-size financial (28.20)

statements in Tables 28.1 through 28.20 represent 107 

different combinations of primary source of business volume 

and various total sales ranges as follows:

• Grain marketing (28.1)

• Mixed grain marketing (28.2)

• Dairy marketing (28.3)

• Cotton marketing (28.4)

• Cotton ginning (28.5)

• Fresh fruit and vegetable (28.6)

• Fresh and processed fruit and vegetable (28.7)

• Processed fruit and vegetable (28.8)

• Livestock marketing (28.9)

COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 39
40 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 24—Common-size income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by type, 2016

Item Marketing Supplies Service Total

Percent of total gross business volume

Income:

Commodities marketed 85.29 27.39 0.01 59.97 

Farm supply sales 11.55 70.36 1.67 37.18

 Total sales 96.84 97.74 1.69 97.15 

Cost of goods sold 85.46 88.43 0.05 86.68

Gross margin 11.38 9.31 1.64 10.47 

Service & other operating income 2.46 1.23 89.55 2.00

Gross revenue 13.84 10.55 91.19 12.47 

Expenses: 

Wages 4.82 5.05 30.84 4.95 

Depreciation 1.34 1.54 5.65 1.43 

Interest expense 0.39 0.34 0.81 0.37 

Other expense 3.24 2.23 40.16 2.83

 Total operating expenses 9.80 9.16 77.46 9.58

 Local savings 4.04 1.39 13.73 2.89 

Patronage from other co-ops 0.38 0.56 4.08 0.46 

Non-operating income 0.32 0.46 4.69 0.38

 Net income before taxes 4.74 2.41 22.49 3.74 

Taxes 0.11 0.17 2.24 0.14

Net income 4.63 2.24 20.25 3.60 

 

Total Gross Business Volume 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Export sales 4.27 0.60 9.06 2.67 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 41

TABLE 25—Common-size income statement, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed, 2016

 

Item Cotton Cotton Gins Dairy Fruit & Veg. Grains & Oilseeds Livestock Poultry Rice Sugar Fish Other

Percent of gross business volume

Income:

Products marketed 88.11 55.05 98.09 95.50 68.31 97.67 97.26 98.49 96.93 91.30 94.33 

Farm supply sales 5.38 11.30 0.58 0.29 27.30 0.55 2.06 0.18 0.52 6.69 3.54

 Total sales 93.49 66.36 98.68 95.80 95.61 98.22 99.32 98.67 97.46 97.99 97.86 

Cost of goods sold 91.14 49.68 92.14 71.06 88.58 96.81 81.64 71.22 62.51 76.75 41.05

Gross margin 2.35 16.68 6.54 24.74 7.03 1.40 17.68 27.45 34.95 21.25 56.82 

Service and other oper. inc. 6.50 27.86 0.81 3.21 3.50 1.51 0.43 1.18 2.19 1.41 1.20

Gross revenue 8.85 44.54 7.35 27.95 10.53 2.92 18.11 28.63 37.13 22.66 58.02 

Expenses: 

Wages 2.51 13.00 3.86 10.10 4.17 1.27 4.25 10.02 9.18 5.85 2.88 

Depreciation 0.60 3.85 0.70 2.02 1.62 0.13 0.96 1.96 2.87 0.95 1.25 

Interest expense 0.48 0.67 0.25 0.78 0.40 0.22 0.16 0.46 0.61 0.32 0.47 

Other expenses 2.68 20.98 1.68 6.33 3.41 0.92 2.51 6.38 4.55 9.69 6.69

 Total operating expenses 6.27 38.50 6.50 19.23 9.61 2.54 7.88 18.81 17.22 16.82 11.29 

 Local savings 2.58 6.04 0.86 8.72 0.92 0.38 10.23 9.83 19.91 5.84 46.73 

Patronage from other co-ops 0.05 5.05 0.11 0.09 0.75 0.14 0.02 0.07 0.05 0.00 0.11 

Non-operating income (0.04) 0.74 0.40 0.90 0.13 0.13 0.23 0.08 0.31 0.59 0.82

 Net income before taxes 2.59 11.82 1.37 9.71 1.81 0.65 10.48 9.98 20.27 6.44 47.67 

Taxes 0.10 0.04 0.13 0.42 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.27 (0.05) 0.05 0.00

Net Income 2.49 11.79 1.24 9.29 1.75 0.61 10.45 9.71 20.32 6.38 47.66 

 

Total gross business volume 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Export sales 28.45 0.00 2.12 9.56 2.60 0.00 4.84 11.75 2.73 0.00 25.17 
42 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 26—Common-size balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2016

Item Marketing Supplies Service Total

Percent of total assets

Current assets 53.93 51.03 24.45 52.33 

Property, plant, and equipment 31.26 26.49 13.80 28.81 

Other assets 9.54 7.83 51.08 8.94

 Total own assets 94.73 85.36 89.34 90.07 

Investments in other cooperatives 5.27 14.64 10.66 9.93

 Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Current liabilities 37.81 38.35 21.06 37.98 

Long-term liabilities 20.45 14.82 6.43 17.59

 Total liabilities 58.26 53.17 27.49 55.57 

Allocated equity 23.78 28.39 27.37 26.07 

Retained earnings 17.96 18.43 45.14 18.35

 Total equity 41.74 46.83 72.51 44.43

Total liabilities & net worth 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 43

TABLE 27—Common-size balance sheet, U.S. ag co-ops, by primary commodity marketed, 2016

 

Item Cotton Cotton Gins Dairy Fruits & Vegs Grains & Oilseeds Livestock Poultry Rice Sugar Fish Other

Percent of total assets

Current assets 69.87 36.62 51.76 57.50 54.95 84.06 77.83 58.59 41.39 66.58 50.39 

Prop., plant, & equip. 22.96 45.79 30.21 28.66 32.04 6.77 20.95 32.18 38.73 31.89 28.83 

Other assets 5.79 3.74 15.23 12.10 3.98 5.79 1.05 7.51 19.02 1.53 19.18

 Total own assets 98.62 86.15 97.21 98.27 90.97 96.62 99.83 98.28 99.14 100.00 98.39 

Invest-other co-ops 1.38 13.85 2.79 1.73 9.03 3.38 0.17 1.72 0.86 0.00 1.61

 Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Current liabilities 46.78 28.51 40.89 36.96 38.64 66.10 23.14 23.58 34.09 55.82 20.39 

Long-term liabilities 12.44 15.26 23.75 32.67 15.31 6.56 6.90 31.69 23.71 11.41 22.82

 Total liabilities 59.22 43.78 64.64 69.63 53.94 72.65 30.04 55.27 57.80 67.23 43.20 

Allocated equity 23.05 45.30 28.39 19.74 20.73 11.74 20.90 15.57 29.48 16.76 39.17 

Retained earnings 17.74 10.92 6.96 10.63 25.33 15.60 49.06 29.16 12.72 16.01 17.62

 Total equity 40.78 56.22 35.36 30.37 46.06 27.35 69.96 44.73 42.20 32.77 56.80

Total liab. & equity 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 
44 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.1—Grain marketing1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

GRAIN MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $5 Million $5–$10 Million $10–$15 Million

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ————————————

Current assets 63.05 51.43 60.76 

Other assets 13.85 16.63 1.64 

Property, plant and equipment 21.11 23.10 33.07 

Total, own assets 98.02 91.16 95.47 

Investments in other cooperatives 1.98 8.84 4.53 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 42.09 26.76 40.76 

Long-term liabilities 10.32 5.34 13.52 

Total liabilities 52.42 32.09 54.28 

Allocated equity 29.61 23.83 21.47 

Retained earnings 17.98 44.08 24.24 

Total equity 47.58 67.91 45.72 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales—————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 90.51 92.40 93.22 

Gross margin 9.49 7.60 6.78 

Service and other income 11.67 12.83 2.86 

Gross revenue 21.16 20.43 9.64 

Wages 8.04 8.44 3.05 

Depreciation 1.64 1.76 1.57 

Interest 0.65 0.21 0.53 

Other expenses 9.35 6.75 3.10 

Total expenses 19.68 17.16 8.24 

Net operating margins 1.48 3.27 1.40 

Patronage income 0.29 0.90 0.43 

Non-operating income 0.10 1.04 0.17 

Net income before taxes 1.86 5.21 2.00 

Income taxes 0.01 0.41 0.05 

Net income 1.85 4.80 1.95 

 ——Million $ ——————————————————

Total gross business volume 55.84 177.66 278.35 

 

Ratios ——Ratio ————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.50 1.92 1.49 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.22 0.08 0.30 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.38 0.65 0.53 

-——Percent ——————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 4.71 8.32 5.20 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 11.71 30.90 18.69 

Number of cooperatives 25 22 22

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TABLE 28.1 (cont.)—Grain marketing1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

GRAIN MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

$15–$20 Million $20–$30 Million $30–$50 Million

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets —————————————

Current assets 57.48 53.58 60.57 

Other assets 6.50 0.42 2.99 

Property, plant and equipment 30.04 39.73 30.07 

Total, own assets 94.02 93.73 93.64 

Investments in other cooperatives 5.98 6.27 6.36 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 45.83 34.27 44.13 

Long-term liabilities 13.72 15.10 12.58 

Total liabilities 59.55 49.37 56.71 

Allocated equity 17.96 20.14 20.56 

Retained earnings 22.48 30.48 22.73 

Total equity 40.45 50.63 43.29 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales—————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 94.87 93.54 94.65 

Gross margin 5.13 6.46 5.35 

Service and other income 3.49 3.95 2.71 

Gross revenue 8.62 10.41 8.06 

Wages 3.58 3.29 2.84 

Depreciation 2.03 1.76 1.43 

Interest 0.48 0.43 0.37 

Other expenses 3.53 3.39 2.87 

Total expenses 9.61 8.88 7.50 

Net operating margins (1.00) 1.54 0.56 

Patronage income 0.46 0.43 0.54 

Non-operating income 1.93 0.08 0.53 

Net income before taxes 1.39 2.05 1.64 

Income taxes 0.11 0.04 0.20 

Net income 1.28 2.01 1.44 

-——Million $———————————————————

Total gross business volume 337.33 619.91 1,099.87 

 

Ratios ——Ratio—————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.25 1.56 1.37 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.34 0.30 0.29 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.56 0.60 0.53 

-——Percent———————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 3.15 4.98 4.54 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 12.04 20.03 15.89 

Number of cooperatives 18 24 29 

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TABLE 28.1 (cont.)—Grain marketing1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

GRAIN MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

$50–$100 Million $100–$200 Million $200 Million or More 

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ———————————————

Current assets 61.32 58.93 56.55 

Other assets 4.55 2.33 6.38 

Property, plant and equipment 29.64 30.62 30.63 

Total, own assets 95.51 91.88 93.56 

Investments in other cooperatives 4.49 8.12 6.44 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 46.38 46.36 40.01 

Long-term liabilities 10.28 14.35 15.87 

Total liabilities 56.66 60.71 55.89 

Allocated equity 23.88 19.39 22.65 

Retained earnings 19.46 19.91 21.46 

Total equity 43.34 39.29 44.11 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales————————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 94.43 94.10 91.53 

Gross margin 5.57 5.90 8.47 

Service and other income 3.55 3.76 2.10 

Gross revenue 9.11 9.66 10.58 

Wages 2.51 3.64 4.05 

Depreciation 1.40 1.60 1.35 

Interest 0.27 0.44 0.37 

Other expenses 2.24 2.97 3.56 

Total expenses 6.41 8.65 9.31 

Net operating margins 2.70 1.00 1.27 

Patronage income 0.34 0.74 0.44 

Non-operating income (0.29) 0.18 0.33 

Net income before taxes 2.75 1.93 2.04 

Income taxes 0.13 0.11 0.07 

Net income 2.61 1.82 1.97 

 ——Million $ —————————————————————

Total gross business volume 2862.66 2473.17 5122.38 

 

Ratios ——Ratio——————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.32 1.27 1.41 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.24 0.37 0.36 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.45 0.51 0.49 

——Percent —————————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 6.24 4.60 5.23 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 22.67 18.26 18.95 

Number of cooperatives 39 17 15 

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For the benchmark analysis, grain marketing includes co-ops where 75 percent of their total sales were from grain and oilseed marketing.
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 47

TABLE 28.2—Mixed grain marketing1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

MIXED GRAIN MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $5 million $5 - $10 million $10 - $15 million $15 - $20 million

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets————————————————————

Current assets 58.27 56.60 58.77 53.19 

Other assets 8.65 6.74 1.11 6.28 

Property, plant and equipment 27.04 26.59 30.36 30.09 

Total, own assets 93.96 89.94 90.25 89.55 

Investments in other cooperatives 6.04 10.06 9.75 10.45 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 34.65 36.30 43.08 36.55 

Long-term liabilities 13.91 8.90 12.18 9.33 

Total liabilities 48.56 45.19 55.26 45.88 

Allocated equity 35.22 37.82 25.63 24.91 

Retained earnings 16.22 16.99 19.11 29.21 

Total equity 51.44 54.81 44.74 54.12 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales————————————————————

Total sales for group 94.91 94.23 95.54 94.92 

Cost of goods sold 86.09 86.53 87.92 87.01 

Gross margin 8.82 7.69 7.62 7.91 

Service and other income 5.09 5.77 4.46 5.08 

Gross revenue 13.91 13.47 12.08 12.99 

Wages 6.60 5.70 5.01 5.49 

Depreciation 1.61 1.79 1.54 2.20 

Interest 0.57 0.94 0.79 0.40 

Other expenses 4.63 4.20 5.20 4.26 

Total expenses 13.41 12.63 12.54 12.35 

Net operating margins 0.50 0.83 (0.46) 0.64 

Patronage income 0.42 0.93 1.21 0.97 

Non-operating income 0.08 0.67 0.31 0.46 

Net income before taxes 0.99 2.44 1.06 2.07 

Income taxes (0.01) 0.11 0.04 0.14 

Net income 1.00 2.33 1.02 1.93 

——Million $—————————————————————————

Total gross business volume 62.23 147.99 296.31 365.07 

 

Ratios -——Ratio——————————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.68 1.56 1.36 1.46 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.27 0.16 0.27 0.17 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.32 0.31 0.43 0.54 

——Percent—————————————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 3.56 6.74 3.88 4.51 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 6.47 12.27 8.34 14.13 

Number of cooperatives 17 18 23 20 

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Mixed grain marketing includes co-ops whereby a majority of their sales are from grain and oilseed marketing, but proportion is under 75 percent.
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TABLE 28.2 (cont.)—Mixed grain marketing1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

MIXED GRAIN MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

$20–$30 million $30–$50 million $50–$100 million 

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets—————––––––——————

Current assets 60.34 55.33 56.55

Other assets 4.58 1.37 4.13

Property, plant and equipment 27.57 29.78 29.41

Total, own assets 92.48 86.47 90.09

Investments in other cooperatives 7.52 13.53 9.91

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00

Current liabilities 44.19 39.96 44.46

Long-term liabilities 12.27 11.21 11.82

Total liabilities 56.46 51.16 56.28

Allocated equity 22.28 23.03 22.54

Retained earnings 21.26 25.81 21.18

Total equity 43.54 48.84 43.72

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales–––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 96.03 96.07 96.17

Cost of goods sold 87.41 89.11 88.49

Gross margin 8.62 6.96 7.68

Service and other income 3.97 3.93 3.83

Gross revenue 12.59 10.89 11.51

Wages 5.20 4.37 4.67

Depreciation 2.16 2.02 1.58

Interest 0.62 0.37 0.45

Other expenses 3.66 3.46 3.75

Total expenses 11.64 10.22 10.45

Net operating margins 0.94 0.67 1.06

Patronage income 0.98 1.42 0.90

Non-operating income 0.58 0.25 0.20

Net income before taxes 2.50 2.35 2.16

Income taxes 0.11 0.03 0.09

Net income 2.39 2.32 2.07

––Million $––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 472.26 1,175.83 2,481.39

 

Ratios ––Ratio–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.37 1.38 1.27

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.28 0.23 0.27

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.49 0.53 0.48

 ––Percent–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 5.00 5.15 5.27

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 17.19 19.09 18.52

Number of cooperatives 18 28 34

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Mixed grain marketing includes co-ops whereby a majority of their sales are from grain and oilseed marketing, but proportion is under 75 percent.
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 49

TABLE 28.2 (cont.)—Mixed grain marketing1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

MIXED GRAIN MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

$100–$200 million $200–$500 million $500 million or more 

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets—————––––––——————

Current assets 54.48 53.42 52.00 

Other assets 10.26 1.68 2.79 

Property, plant and equipment 25.21 32.39 37.22 

Total, own assets 89.96 87.49 92.00 

Investments in other cooperatives 10.04 12.51 8.00 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 41.21 39.92 30.38 

Long-term liabilities 17.40 14.24 18.86 

Total liabilities 58.60 54.15 49.24 

Allocated equity 18.48 19.43 20.19 

Retained earnings 22.91 26.41 30.57 

Total equity 41.40 45.85 50.76 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales–––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 95.17 95.95 96.90 

Cost of goods sold 87.05 88.53 90.11 

Gross margin 8.12 7.42 6.78 

Service and other income 4.83 4.05 3.10 

Gross revenue 12.95 11.47 9.89 

Wages 5.38 4.89 3.93 

Depreciation 1.74 1.78 1.68 

Interest 0.55 0.40 0.40 

Other expenses 4.39 3.88 3.11 

Total expenses 12.07 10.96 9.11 

Net operating margins 0.89 0.51 0.78 

Patronage income 1.18 1.11 0.56 

Non-operating income 0.17 0.09 0.01 

Net income before taxes 2.24 1.72 1.35 

Income taxes 0.13 (0.02) 0.04 

Net income 2.12 1.73 1.31 

––Million $––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 3,724.19 9,259.42 12,303.41 

 

Ratios ––Ratio–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.32 1.34 1.71 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.42 0.31 0.37 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.55 0.58 0.60 

 ––Percent–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 4.65 4.16 3.86 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 19.08 17.50 14.37 

Number of cooperatives 26 28 11 

1

Mixed grain marketing includes co-ops whereby a majority of their sales are from grain and oilseed marketing, but proportion is under 75 percent.
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TABLE 28.3—Dairy marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

DAIRY MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $1 Million $1–$5 Million $5–$10 Million $10–$20 Million

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ———————————————————

Current assets 61.34 67.70 61.14 67.07 

Other assets 11.47 10.00 3.32 3.94 

Property, plant and equipment 27.20 21.66 12.52 12.36 

Total, own assets 100.00 99.37 76.98 83.37 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.00 0.63 23.02 16.63 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 45.69 53.86 37.37 53.03 

Long-term liabilities 15.19 12.49 1.89 7.19 

Total liabilities 60.88 66.35 39.25 60.21 

Allocated equity 52.21 19.45 53.97 30.76 

Retained earnings (13.10) 14.20 6.78 9.02 

Total equity 39.12 33.65 60.75 39.79 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales––––––––––––––––––––––––————––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 96.08 92.51 87.20 96.81 

Gross margin 3.92 7.49 12.80 3.19 

Service and other income 10.85 2.98 1.19 2.16 

Gross revenue 14.77 10.47 13.99 5.35 

Wages 5.00 4.27 2.87 2.13 

Depreciation 1.06 0.90 0.32 0.31 

Interest 0.54 0.36 0.06 0.15 

Other expenses 7.85 4.61 9.81 2.40 

Total expenses 14.45 10.14 13.06 4.99 

Net operating margins 0.32 0.33 0.93 0.37 

Patronage income 0.01 0.00 0.67 0.57 

Non-operating income 0.55 0.15 1.30 0.00 

Net income before taxes 0.88 0.49 2.91 0.94 

Income taxes 0.05 0.00 0.03 0.01

Net income 0.83 0.49 2.88 0.93 

——Million $———————————————————————

Total gross business volume 3.78 39.43 78.11 284.85 

 

Ratios -——Ratio—————————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.34 1.26 1.64 1.26 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.39 0.37 0.03 0.18 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) (0.33) 0.42 0.11 0.23 

 -——Percent ————————————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 5.10 4.16 18.31 7.19 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 5.69 12.22 32.96 19.87 

Number of cooperatives 11 16 11 18

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COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 51

TABLE 28.3 (cont.)—Dairy marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

DAIRY MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

$20–$50 Million $50–$200 Million $200–$1 Billion $1 Billion or More

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets————————————————————

Current assets 71.17 65.22 57.36 48.71 

Other assets 0.62 1.97 4.00 20.32 

Property, plant and equipment 17.38 26.50 36.97 28.09 

Total, own assets 89.17 93.69 98.33 97.13 

Investments in other cooperatives 10.83 6.31 1.67 2.87 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 60.95 49.88 34.73 42.53 

Long-term liabilities 10.47 13.20 23.73 24.53 

Total liabilities 71.43 63.08 58.46 67.07 

Allocated equity 23.12 23.57 32.14 27.21 

Retained earnings 5.46 13.35 9.40 5.72 

Total equity 28.57 36.92 41.54 32.93 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales————————————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 95.77 94.74 91.76 93.80 

Gross margin 4.23 5.26 8.24 6.20 

Service and other income 0.31 0.73 2.85 0.07 

Gross revenue 4.54 5.99 11.09 6.27 

Wages 1.39 2.16 4.72 3.82 

Depreciation 0.26 0.50 0.99 0.64 

Interest 0.14 0.07 0.27 0.26 

Other expenses 2.21 2.57 3.97 0.75 

Total expenses 4.00 5.30 9.94 5.47 

Net operating margins 0.54 0.69 1.15 0.79 

Patronage income 0.27 0.13 0.08 0.11 

Non-operating income (0.26) 0.14 0.32 0.47 

Net income before taxes 0.55 0.96 1.55 1.37 

Income taxes 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.17 

Net income 0.55 0.94 1.50 1.20 

——Million $—————————————————————————

Total gross business volume 429.81 1,952.84 9,422.98 24,778.96 

 

Ratios -——Ratio——————————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.17 1.31 1.65 1.15 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.37 0.36 0.57 0.74 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.19 0.36 0.23 0.17 

——Percent—————————————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 5.69 5.82 6.37 5.82 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 19.42 22.63 16.34 15.75 

Number of cooperatives 14 18 14 7
52 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.4—Cotton marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

COTTON MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $100 Million $100 Million or more

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ———————

Current assets 67.72 70.26 

Other assets 2.65 6.36 

Property, plant and equipment 28.18 22.01 

Total, own assets 98.55 98.63 

Investments in other cooperatives 1.45 1.37 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 38.45 48.28 

Long-term liabilities 8.29 13.18 

Total liabilities 46.75 61.47 

Allocated equity 34.99 20.89 

Retained earnings 18.26 17.64 

Total equity 53.25 38.53 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales ———————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 91.78 98.19 

Gross margin 8.22 1.81 

Service and other income 12.25 6.30 

Gross revenue 20.46 8.11 

Wages 6.44 2.22 

Depreciation 1.05 0.59 

Interest 0.39 0.52 

Other expenses 5.45 2.55 

Total expenses 13.33 5.88 

Net operating margins 7.13 2.22 

Patronage income 0.08 0.05 

Non-operating income 0.51 (0.12)

Net income before taxes 7.72 2.16 

Income taxes (0.17) 0.14 

Net income 7.89 2.02 

 ——Million $ ———————————————

Total gross business volume 285.32 2,167.77 

 

Ratios ——Ratio—————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.76 1.46 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.16 0.34 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.34 0.46 

——Percent ————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets 14.99 7.21 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 41.66 25.96 

Number of cooperatives 7 6 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 53

TABLE 28.5—Cotton ginning co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

COTTON GINNING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $1 Million $1–$5 Million $5–$10 Million $10 Million or more

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets————————————

Current assets 34.18 43.34 33.40 32.53 

Other assets 8.57 6.88 2.75 0.54 

Property, plant and equipment 54.15 41.41 49.05 46.45 

Total, own assets 96.90 91.63 85.21 79.52 

Investments in other cooperatives 3.10 8.37 14.79 20.48 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 22.99 29.74 27.65 28.71 

Long-term liabilities 9.68 14.64 19.70 12.62 

Total liabilities 32.67 44.38 47.35 41.33 

Allocated equity 56.09 47.92 43.37 42.72 

Retained earnings 11.24 7.69 9.29 15.95 

Total equity 67.33 55.62 52.65 58.67 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales and service income—————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 62.12 74.39 71.49 78.79 

Gross margin 37.88 25.61 28.51 21.21 

Service and other income 62.57 49.90 36.37 40.97 

Gross revenue 100.44 75.51 64.87 62.19 

Wages 41.54 25.18 19.55 15.37 

Depreciation 18.21 6.32 6.23 6.27 

Interest 1.82 1.42 0.98 0.77 

Other expenses 52.03 40.11 31.86 25.50 

Total expenses 113.60 73.02 58.63 46.30 

Net operating margins (13.15) 2.49 6.24 15.88 

Patronage income 5.79 9.90 7.62 6.27 

Non-operating income 2.00 0.12 2.38 0.68 

Net income before taxes (5.37) 12.52 16.23 22.83 

Income taxes 0.06 (0.04) 0.13 0.05 

Net income (5.43) 12.55 16.10 22.79 

——Million $ —————————————————

Total gross business volume 7.95 119.01 139.23 176.57 

 

Ratios ——Ratio——————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.49 1.46 1.21 1.13 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.14 0.26 0.37 0.22 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.17 0.14 0.18 0.27 

 ——Percent—————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) (1.22) 9.52 17.93 28.40 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) (3.33) 17.90 38.67 64.19 

Number of cooperatives 18 48 19 12
54 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.6—Fresh fruit & vegetable co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLE CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $1 Million $1–$5 Million $5–$10 Million

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ————————————

Current assets 72.13 49.59 55.45 

Other assets 11.82 7.05 7.55 

Property, plant and equipment 16.04 42.82 35.37 

Total, own assets 100.00 99.46 98.37 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.00 0.54 1.63 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 42.00 35.90 39.84 

Long-term liabilities 6.38 23.12 15.73 

Total liabilities 48.39 59.02 55.57 

Allocated equity 30.54 21.88 32.17 

Retained earnings 21.07 19.10 12.26 

Total equity 51.61 40.98 44.43 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales —————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 85.23 85.87 79.36 

Gross margin 14.77 14.13 20.64 

Service and other income 29.51 5.42 6.48 

Gross revenue 44.28 19.55 27.12 

Wages 19.29 7.31 9.62 

Depreciation 1.34 0.95 2.63 

Interest 0.50 0.77 0.81 

Other expenses 16.54 5.61 12.60 

Total expenses 37.67 14.64 25.66 

Net operating margins 6.61 4.91 1.46 

Patronage income 0.00 0.00 0.32 

Non-operating income 0.33 0.38 0.64 

Net income before taxes 6.94 5.29 2.42 

Income taxes 1.50 (0.01) 0.01 

Net income 5.43 5.30 2.41 

 ——Million $———————————————————

Total gross business volume 7.82 49.98 93.82 

 

Ratios ——Ratio————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.72 1.38 1.39 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.12 0.56 0.35 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.41 0.47 0.28 

 ——Percent———————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 14.58 12.60 4.83 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 34.88 50.33 11.17 

Number of cooperatives 22 17 13 

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COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 55

TABLE 28.6 (cont.)—Fresh fruit & vegetable co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLE CO-OPS SALES GROUP

$10–$20 Million $20–$50 Million 50 Million or More

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ————————————

Current assets 39.04 43.59 47.64 

Other assets 3.02 5.30 12.27 

Property, plant and equipment 54.13 43.71 37.28 

Total, own assets 96.19 92.59 97.19 

Investments in other cooperatives 3.81 7.41 2.81 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 29.88 35.53 37.96 

Long-term liabilities 19.45 19.61 13.63 

Total liabilities 49.32 55.14 51.59 

Allocated equity 26.98 28.78 15.95 

Retained earnings 23.70 16.08 32.46 

Total equity 50.68 44.86 48.41 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 75.94 75.37 90.59 

Gross margin 24.06 24.63 9.41 

Service and other income 1.82 6.47 8.74 

Gross revenue 25.88 31.10 18.15 

Wages 12.31 11.27 5.57 

Depreciation 2.48 1.59 1.04 

Interest 0.44 0.34 0.13 

Other expenses 10.38 16.75 9.71 

Total expenses 25.62 29.95 16.44 

Net operating margins 0.26 1.15 1.70 

Patronage income 1.97 0.24 0.03 

Non-operating income 0.06 0.30 3.25 

Net income before taxes 2.29 1.69 4.98 

Income taxes 0.00 (0.05) 1.11 

Net income 2.29 1.73 3.88 

-——Million $ ——————————————————

Total gross business volume 99.58 371.08 2,728.96 

 

Ratios -——Ratio————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.31 1.23 1.25 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.38 0.44 0.28 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.47 0.36 0.67 

——Percent———————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 5.53 4.78 14.68 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 17.14 14.17 69.79 

Number of cooperatives 7 10 15
56 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.7—Fresh and processed fruit & vegetable co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

FRESH AND PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLE CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $10 Million > $20 Million

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets —————

Current assets 25.61 43.46 

Other assets 21.02 5.94 

Property, plant and equipment 35.79 26.92 

Total, own assets 82.42 76.32 

Investments in other cooperatives 17.58 23.68 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 23.63 35.94 

Long-term liabilities 18.80 13.49 

Total liabilities 42.42 49.43 

Allocated equity 51.61 43.44 

Retained earnings 5.96 7.13 

Total equity 57.58 50.57 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales——————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 77.12 77.25 

Gross margin 22.88 22.75 

Service and other income 8.49 3.70 

Gross revenue 31.37 26.44 

Wages 13.60 10.05 

Depreciation 1.79 1.43 

Interest 0.30 1.66 

Other expenses 13.76 13.78 

Total expenses 29.45 26.92 

Net operating margins 1.92 (0.48)

Patronage income 0.00 0.06 

Non-operating income 0.39 0.73 

Net income before taxes 2.31 0.31 

Income taxes 0.00 0.04 

Net income 2.31 0.27 

 ——Million $———————————

Total gross business volume 21.06 173.08 

 

Ratios ——Ratio————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.08 1.21 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.33 0.27 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.10 0.14 

 ——Percent———————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 5.93 3.71 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 10.18 1.19 

Number of cooperatives 4 5
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 57

TABLE 28.8—Processed fruit & vegetable co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

PROCESSED FRUIT & VEGETABLE CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $10 million $10–$100 million $100–$500 million $500 million or more

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ———————————————————

Current assets 85.38 60.13 67.73 56.68 

Other assets 1.39 4.51 7.29 15.51 

Property, plant and equipment 9.76 31.43 24.25 26.99 

Total, own assets 96.53 96.08 99.27 99.17 

Investments in other cooperatives 3.47 3.92 0.73 0.83 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 55.23 40.01 50.41 29.94 

Long-term liabilities 6.32 12.10 25.98 44.19 

Total liabilities 61.55 52.11 76.39 74.13 

Allocated equity 24.51 34.40 8.43 24.49 

Retained earnings 13.94 13.48 15.17 1.38 

Total equity 38.45 47.89 23.61 25.87 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales————————————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 59.44 71.83 69.68 65.04 

Gross margin 40.56 28.17 30.32 34.96 

Service and other income 0.44 4.39 1.70 0.13 

Gross revenue 41.00 32.56 32.01 35.09 

Wages 7.30 15.67 14.13 11.66 

Depreciation 1.21 1.41 1.93 3.05 

Interest 0.60 0.54 0.93 1.25 

Other expenses 13.07 10.99 7.73 2.01 

Total expenses 22.18 28.61 24.72 17.98 

Net operating margins 18.82 3.95 7.29 17.11 

Patronage income 0.06 0.18 0.06 0.09 

Non-operating income 0.41 0.41 0.14 (0.06)

Net income before taxes 19.29 4.53 7.49 17.15 

Income taxes 0.03 0.29 0.12 0.27 

Net income 19.26 4.24 7.37 16.87 

——Million $—————————————————————————

Total gross business volume 22.43 138.64 2,084.35 3,553.73 

 

Ratios ——Ratio———————————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.55 1.50 1.34 1.89 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.16 0.25 1.10 1.71 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.36 0.28 0.64 0.05 

 ——Percent——————————————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 39.40 9.03 11.78 22.51 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 155.67 21.95 122.25 84.28 

Number of cooperatives 10 4 7 4 
58 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.9—Livestock marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

LIVESTOCK MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $1 million $1–$50 million $50–$100 million $100 million or more

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets —————————————————

Current assets 61.98 62.51 58.99 91.43 

Other assets 11.66 16.29 15.13 2.75 

Property, plant and equipment 26.35 20.42 17.70 2.88 

Total, own assets 99.99 99.22 91.81 97.06 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.01 0.78 8.19 2.94 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 50.38 54.69 36.76 72.80 

Long-term liabilities 9.08 13.00 8.34 5.38 

Total liabilities 59.46 67.69 45.11 78.18 

Allocated equity 26.48 24.79 11.42 9.91 

Retained earnings 14.06 7.52 43.48 11.91 

Total equity 40.54 32.31 54.89 21.82 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales——————————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 93.15 97.30 88.92 99.62 

Gross margin 6.85 2.70 11.08 0.38 

Service and other income 21.52 0.88 2.59 1.54 

Gross revenue 28.37 3.58 13.67 1.92 

Wages 7.44 1.93 3.76 0.94 

Depreciation 0.89 0.20 0.84 0.06 

Interest 0.28 0.09 0.15 0.26 

Other expenses 19.89 1.23 3.52 0.60 

Total expenses 28.51 3.45 8.26 1.86 

Net operating margins (0.14) 0.14 5.40 0.06 

Patronage income 0.00 0.00 1.09 0.10 

Non-operating income 0.03 0.01 0.94 0.10 

Net income before taxes (0.11) 0.15 7.43 0.26 

Income taxes 0.26 0.00 0.62 0.01 

Net income (0.37) 0.15 6.81 0.25 

-——Million $ ———————————————————————

Total gross business volume 11.31 616.27 215.20 2,718.45 

 

Ratios ——Ratio—————————————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.23 1.14 1.60 1.26 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.22 0.40 0.15 0.25 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.35 0.23 0.79 0.55 

——Percent————————————————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 0.29 2.46 20.35 3.08 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) (2.36) 6.28 160.33 15.29 

Number of cooperatives 28 46 3 5
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 59

TABLE 28.10—Poultry marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

POULTRY MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

 < $100 Million $100 Million or More

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ———————

Current assets 62.97 79.36 

Other assets 11.05 0.02 

Property, plant and equipment 25.52 20.48 

Total, own assets 99.53 99.86 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.47 0.14 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 40.89 21.32 

Long-term liabilities 9.77 6.60 

Total liabilities 50.66 27.92 

Allocated equity 21.31 20.86 

Retained earnings 28.03 51.22 

Total equity 49.34 72.08 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 80.17 82.43 

Gross margin 19.83 17.57 

Service and other income 4.23 0.00 

Gross revenue 24.05 17.57 

Wages 7.68 3.89 

Depreciation 1.20 0.94 

Interest 0.18 0.16 

Other expenses 12.43 1.39 

Total expenses 21.50 6.38 

Net operating margins 2.55 11.19 

Patronage income 0.17 0.00 

Non-operating income 0.13 0.24 

Net income before taxes 2.85 11.44 

Income taxes 0.16 0.02 

Net income 2.69 11.42 

——Million $——————————————

Total gross business volume 96.65 808.31 

 

Ratios ——Ratio ———————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.54 3.72 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.20 0.09 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.57 0.71 

 ——Percent——————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 6.68 22.87 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 27.85 107.91 

Number of cooperatives 6 4
60 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.11—Fish and seafood marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

FISH AND SEAFOOD MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

 < $1 Million $1–$10 Million $10 Million or more 

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ——————————

Current assets 46.75 53.49 68.84 

Other assets 0.17 10.66 0.56 

Property, plant and equipment 52.96 35.84 30.60 

Total, own assets 99.89 100.00 100.00 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.11 0.00 0.00 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 36.25 43.39 58.00 

Long-term liabilities 25.66 12.77 10.70 

Total liabilities 61.90 56.17 68.69 

Allocated equity 36.75 24.94 15.04 

Retained earnings 1.35 18.89 16.27 

Total equity 38.10 43.83 31.31 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales————————————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 86.82 84.48 76.43 

Gross margin 13.18 15.52 23.57 

Service and other income 3.25 0.29 1.67 

Gross revenue 16.42 15.81 25.25 

Wages 7.03 4.95 6.19 

Depreciation 0.83 0.59 1.08 

Interest 0.46 0.22 0.35 

Other expenses 8.09 7.04 10.69 

Total expenses 16.40 12.81 18.32 

Net operating margins 0.02 3.00 6.93 

Patronage income 0.09 0.01 0.00 

Non-operating income 0.00 0.14 0.74 

Net income before taxes 0.10 3.16 7.68 

Income taxes 0.00 0.01 0.07 

Net income 0.10 3.15 7.61 

——Million $———————————————

Total gross business volume 5.81 41.28 162.93 

 

Ratios ——Ratio————————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.29 1.23 1.19 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.67 0.29 0.34 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.04 0.43 0.52 

 ——Percent———————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 1.43 22.21 23.04 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 0.73 83.07 145.12 

Number of cooperatives 16 10 8 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 61

TABLE 28.12—Rice marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

RICE MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $10 Million $10–$200 Million $200 million or more

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets––––––––––––––––——————————

Current assets 60.91 99.78 57.13 

Other assets 15.68 0.13 7.75 

Property, plant and equipment 23.41 0.09 33.33 

Total, own assets 100.00 100.00 98.21 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.00 0.00 1.79 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 50.72 90.48 21.16 

Long-term liabilities 10.75 7.97 32.58 

Total liabilities 61.46 98.44 53.74 

Allocated equity 23.52 1.38 16.05 

Retained earnings 15.01 0.18 30.21 

Total equity 38.54 1.56 46.26 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement -––Percent of total sales–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 82.33 36.07 74.06 

Gross margin 17.67 63.93 25.94 

Service and other income 9.98 0.13 1.22 

Gross revenue 27.64 64.06 27.16 

Wages 9.32 0.39 10.67 

Depreciation 0.92 0.00 2.09 

Interest 0.26 0.00 0.49 

Other expenses 13.04 21.90 5.62 

Total expenses 23.54 22.28 18.87 

Net operating margins 4.11 41.77 8.29 

Patronage income 0.00 0.00 0.07 

Non-operating income 0.00 0.01 0.09 

Net income before taxes 4.11 41.78 8.45 

Income taxes 0.00 0.00 0.29 

Net income 4.11 41.78 8.16 

 ––Million $ ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 7.13 88.26 1680.30 

 

Ratios ––Ratio––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.20 1.10 2.70 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.28 5.12 0.70 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.39 0.11 0.65 

––Percent–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 11.76 112.65 15.95 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 47.04 8162.85 90.69 

Number of cooperatives 3 3 3 
62 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.13—Sugar marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

SUGAR MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $20 Million $20–$100 Million $100–$300 Million $300 Million or More

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets––––––––––––––––––––––––––––——————————

Current assets 62.95 86.48 28.05 45.58 

Other assets 14.86 1.39 38.38 12.08 

Property, plant and equipment 22.19 12.13 31.49 41.92 

Total, own assets 100.00 100.00 97.92 99.58 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.00 0.00 2.08 0.42 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 48.07 56.70 23.87 37.51 

Long-term liabilities 10.19 18.47 17.05 26.31 

Total liabilities 58.26 75.17 40.91 63.82 

Allocated equity 27.51 41.60 14.40 34.92 

Retained earnings 14.23 (16.77) 44.69 1.26 

Total equity 41.74 24.83 59.09 36.18 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 68.83 94.30 72.60 61.62 

Gross margin 31.17 5.70 27.40 38.38 

Service and other income 3.94 30.27 1.03 2.39 

Gross revenue 35.11 35.97 28.43 40.77 

Wages 8.48 12.89 10.35 9.14 

Depreciation 1.12 1.80 2.89 2.97 

Interest 0.55 0.75 0.79 0.58 

Other expenses 23.52 19.68 8.05 3.64 

Total expenses 33.66 35.12 22.08 16.34 

Net operating margins 1.44 0.84 6.35 24.43 

Patronage income 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.01 

Non-operating income 0.00 0.00 2.95 (0.41)

Net income before taxes 1.44 0.84 9.50 24.03 

Income taxes 0.00 0.00 0.46 (0.19)

Net income 1.44 0.84 9.04 24.22 

 ––Million $ ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 0.94 38.91 1,281.94 4,583.16 

 

Ratios ––Ratio–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.31 1.53 1.18 1.22 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.24 0.74 0.29 0.73 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.34 (0.68) 0.76 0.03 

 ––Percent –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 2.66 0.82 10.41 34.03 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 6.99 1.05 63.47 95.89 

Number of cooperatives 7 4 8 7 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 63

TABLE 28.14—Nut marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

NUT MARKETING CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $10 Million $10 Million or More 

Balance sheet ——Percent of total assets ——————

Current assets 60.06 58.35 

Other assets 17.82 0.10 

Property, plant and equipment 22.11 37.34 

Total, own assets 100.00 95.79 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.00 4.21 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 36.45 35.32 

Long-term liabilities 8.49 30.27 

Total liabilities 44.94 65.58 

Allocated equity 23.61 20.20 

Retained earnings 31.45 14.22 

Total equity 55.06 34.42 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ——Percent of total sales———————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 69.07 20.67 

Gross margin 30.93 79.33 

Service and other income 2.51 0.06 

Gross revenue 33.45 79.39 

Wages 26.60 1.93 

Depreciation 1.13 0.65 

Interest 0.32 0.45 

Other expenses 3.17 6.64 

Total expenses 31.22 9.67 

Net operating margins 2.23 69.72 

Patronage income 0.00 0.05 

Non-operating income 0.00 0.00 

Net income before taxes 2.23 69.77 

Income taxes 0.00 0.12 

Net income 2.23 69.64 

——Million $ ———————————

Total gross business volume 4.65 1,749.77 

 

Ratios ——Ratio—————————————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.65 1.65 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.15 0.88 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.57 0.41 

 ——Percent————————————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 3.66 207.08 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 13.56 1016.92 

Number of cooperatives 5 5 
64 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.15—Local food co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

LOCAL FOOD CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $1 Million > $1 Million or More

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets—––––––––––––––––—————

Current assets 24.01 61.21 

Other assets 5.81 0.06 

Property, plant and equipment 70.16 38.70 

Total, own assets 99.98 99.97 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.02 0.03 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 10.38 39.30 

Long-term liabilities 13.92 52.70 

Total liabilities 24.30 92.00 

Allocated equity 8.39 30.47 

Retained earnings 67.31 (22.47)

Total equity 75.70 8.00 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales——–––––––––––––––––————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 68.37 73.35 

Gross margin 31.63 26.65 

Service and other income 255.56 1.18 

Gross revenue 287.18 27.83 

Wages 110.40 11.82 

Depreciation 18.23 0.72 

Interest 5.72 0.29 

Other expenses 149.37 15.44 

Total expenses 283.72 28.28 

Net operating margins 3.46 (0.45)

Patronage income 1.11 0.00 

Non-operating income 5.75 0.75 

Net income before taxes 10.32 0.30 

Income taxes 0.60 0.00 

Net income 9.72 0.30 

––Million $————–––––––––––––––––––——————

Total gross business volume 4.78 36.54

Ratios ––Ratio——————––––––––––––––––––––—————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 2.31 1.56 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.18 6.59 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.89 (2.81)

 ––Percent ———–––––––––––––––––––———————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 3.68 3.19 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 26.55 5.36 

Number of cooperatives 26 7 
COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016 65

TABLE 28.16—Miscellaneous marketing co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

TYPE OF MARKETING CO-OP 

 Bioenergy Dry Bean & Pea Seed & Flower Tobacco Wool Other

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current assets 43.99 64.93 36.62 49.54 48.34 51.19 

Other assets 16.57 6.53 51.42 44.02 33.75 25.56 

Property, plant and equipment 39.08 27.40 11.95 6.44 17.43 22.93 

Total, own assets 99.64 98.86 100.00 100.00 99.52 99.68 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.36 1.14 0.00 0.00 0.48 0.32 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 10.98 33.58 25.30 11.18 21.50 11.23 

Long-term liabilities 11.26 6.84 4.69 20.79 18.79 9.66 

Total liabilities 22.24 40.42 29.99 31.97 40.29 20.89 

Allocated equity 60.83 56.77 50.68 43.85 41.95 78.41 

Retained earnings 16.93 2.82 19.33 24.18 17.76 0.70 

Total equity 77.76 59.58 70.01 68.03 59.71 79.11 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 84.82 86.19 70.15 86.99 84.38 91.21 

Gross margin 15.18 13.81 29.85 13.01 15.62 8.79 

Service and other income 2.62 4.49 3.50 0.09 4.67 1.07 

Gross revenue 17.79 18.30 33.35 13.10 20.28 9.85 

Wages 2.40 5.02 23.20 4.82 7.47 10.01 

Depreciation 2.62 2.07 0.77 0.60 0.81 3.44 

Interest 0.29 0.29 0.38 0.77 0.04 0.03 

Other expenses 5.24 5.37 8.28 6.06 12.28 5.68 

Total expenses 10.55 12.76 32.63 12.25 20.59 19.16 

Net operating margins 7.25 5.54 0.72 0.85 (0.31) (9.31)

Patronage income 0.43 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Non-operating income 3.27 0.01 (10.46) 1.78 0.32 24.65 

Net income before taxes 10.95 5.63 (9.74) 2.63 0.01 15.34 

Income taxes (0.02) 0.37 2.14 (0.71) 0.00 (1.98)

Net income 10.96 5.27 (11.88) 3.35 0.01 17.33 

––Million $ –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 490.66 55.97 4.73 295.67 5.48 10.36 

 

Ratios ––Ratio––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 4.01 1.93 1.45 4.43 2.25 4.56 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.14 0.11 0.07 0.31 0.31 0.12 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.22 0.05 0.28 0.36 0.30 0.01 

–– Percent –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 14.73 11.60 (14.81) 1.74 0.04 8.76 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 23.62 18.16 (37.08) 3.91 0.02 12.58 

Number of cooperatives 6 3 5 4 37 4 
66 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016

TABLE 28.17—Farm supply1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

 FARM SUPPLY CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $1 Million $1–$5 Million. $5–$10 Million $10–$15 Million

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––——————

Current assets 58.83 55.00 53.10 50.41 

Other assets 6.69 4.51 3.41 4.36 

Property, plant and equipment 16.01 23.86 23.19 27.01 

Total, own assets 81.52 83.38 79.70 81.78 

Investments in other cooperatives 18.48 16.62 20.30 18.22 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 24.01 24.64 25.90 25.78 

Long-term liabilities 5.73 8.73 6.28 6.75 

Total liabilities 29.74 33.37 32.18 32.54 

Allocated equity 39.57 39.10 40.01 40.39 

Retained earnings 30.69 27.54 27.81 27.08 

Total equity 70.26 66.63 67.82 67.46 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 82.82 82.84 82.95 81.78 

Gross margin 17.18 17.16 17.05 18.22 

Service and other income 5.89 4.18 2.62 3.55 

Gross revenue 23.07 21.35 19.67 21.77 

Wages 14.24 11.19 9.81 10.54 

Depreciation 1.18 1.79 1.76 2.06 

Interest 0.84 0.47 0.42 0.35 

Other expenses 7.09 6.98 6.17 6.86 

Total expenses 23.35 20.43 18.15 19.82 

Net operating margins (0.28) 0.92 1.51 1.95 

Patronage income 1.21 1.43 1.79 1.76 

Non-operating income 0.73 0.39 0.44 0.24 

Net income before taxes 1.66 2.73 3.75 3.96 

Income taxes 0.20 0.20 0.37 0.33 

Net income 1.46 2.53 3.38 3.63 

 ––Million $––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 15.08 495.64 989.94 982.42 

 

Ratios ––Ratio–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 2.45 2.23 2.05 1.96 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.08 0.13 0.09 0.10 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.44 0.41 0.41 0.40 

 ––Percent–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 2.58 4.73 7.25 7.24 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 3.81 9.56 14.69 15.09 

Number of cooperatives 26 162 128 78

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TABLE 28.17 (cont.)—Farm supply1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

 FARM SUPPLY CO-OPS SALES GROUP

$15–$20 Million $20–$25 Million $25–$30 Million $30–$50 Million

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current assets 49.18 47.90 41.07 54.05 

Other assets 5.85 0.72 7.83 3.66 

Property, plant and equipment 27.52 30.14 31.31 22.98 

Total, own assets 82.55 78.76 80.21 80.69 

Investments in other cooperatives 17.45 21.24 19.79 19.31 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 28.57 29.09 28.24 33.56 

Long-term liabilities 7.73 7.95 12.85 7.11 

Total liabilities 36.29 37.04 41.10 40.68 

Allocated equity 42.50 39.28 32.88 34.57 

Retained earnings 21.21 23.68 26.02 24.75 

Total equity 63.71 62.96 58.90 59.32 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 79.57 84.34 82.79 83.27 

Gross margin 20.43 15.66 17.21 16.73 

Service and other income 1.51 2.37 4.17 2.32 

Gross revenue 21.94 18.03 21.38 19.04 

Wages 10.55 8.11 10.41 9.07 

Depreciation 2.36 2.53 2.46 1.94 

Interest 0.38 0.53 0.54 0.39 

Other expenses 6.71 5.55 6.65 5.87 

Total expenses 20.01 16.74 20.05 17.27 

Net operating margins 1.94 1.30 1.33 1.77 

Patronage income 2.06 2.53 2.97 2.10 

Non-operating income 0.35 0.57 0.83 0.66 

Net income before taxes 4.34 4.40 5.14 4.53 

Income taxes 0.29 0.63 0.47 0.45 

Net income 4.05 3.77 4.66 4.08 

––Million $ ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 902.17 602.05 465.56 1,485.92 

 

Ratios ––Ratio ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.72 1.65 1.45 1.61 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.12 0.13 0.22 0.12 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.33 0.38 0.44 0.42 

 ––Percent ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 6.86 6.82 7.20 7.94 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 13.83 13.28 17.99 19.05 

Number of cooperatives 52 26 16 38 

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TABLE 28.17 (cont.)—Farm supply1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

FARM SUPPLY CO-OPS SALES GROUP

 $50–$100 Million $100–$500 Million > $500 Million

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current assets 45.20 48.55 60.36 

Other assets 2.32 7.61 11.37 

Property, plant and equipment 31.23 28.63 23.20 

Total, own assets 78.76 84.79 94.93 

Investments in other cooperatives 21.24 15.21 5.07 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 22.72 30.25 33.34 

Long-term liabilities 9.15 16.50 18.23 

Total liabilities 31.87 46.75 51.57 

Allocated equity 30.13 20.28 16.37 

Retained earnings 38.00 32.97 32.06 

Total equity 68.13 53.25 48.43 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 81.55 83.64 91.83 

Gross margin 18.45 16.36 8.17 

Service and other income 1.78 1.48 0.24 

Gross revenue 20.22 17.84 8.42 

Wages 9.00 7.33 3.55 

Depreciation 1.98 1.88 1.10 

Interest 0.24 0.39 0.33 

Other expenses 6.46 5.68 2.19 

Total expenses 17.68 15.27 7.16 

Net operating margins 2.55 2.57 1.26 

Patronage income 1.82 1.17 0.22 

Non-operating income 0.50 1.01 0.54 

Net income before taxes 4.87 4.75 2.02 

Income taxes 0.44 0.45 0.46 

Net income 4.42 4.31 1.56 

 ––Million $–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 2,781.32 3,049.70 11,021.25 

 

Ratios ––Ratio–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.99 1.61 1.81 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.13 0.31 0.38 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.56 0.62 0.66 

 ––Percent–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 9.40 8.21 6.59 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 27.04 33.89 26.71 

Number of cooperatives 38 15 5 

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TABLE 28.18—Mixed farm supply1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

MIXED FARM SUPPLY CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $1 Million $1–$5 Million $5–$10 Million $10–$15 Million

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—

Current assets 51.35 49.81 44.17 46.58 

Other assets 17.66 6.09 2.68 3.01 

Property, plant and equipment 23.79 31.45 28.66 30.07 

Total, own assets 92.80 87.35 75.52 79.65 

Investments in other cooperatives 7.20 12.65 24.48 20.35 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 17.62 30.90 23.47 28.15 

Long-term liabilities 8.40 9.54 10.40 7.00 

Total liabilities 26.01 40.44 33.88 35.15 

Allocated equity 88.07 38.61 33.90 33.55 

Retained earnings (14.09) 20.94 32.22 31.30 

Total equity 73.99 59.56 66.12 64.85 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 76.13 85.89 85.37 83.84 

Gross margin 23.87 14.11 14.63 16.16 

Service and other income 27.14 12.22 8.00 6.69 

Gross revenue 51.01 26.33 22.63 22.84 

Wages 16.03 11.54 9.77 9.77 

Depreciation 10.28 2.90 2.74 2.49 

Interest 1.11 0.82 0.53 0.44 

Other expenses 27.87 10.20 8.84 7.83 

Total expenses 55.29 25.46 21.89 20.54 

Net operating margins (4.28) 0.87 0.74 2.31 

Patronage income 3.14 1.98 2.46 2.26 

Non-operating income 1.47 0.98 0.58 (0.11)

Net income before taxes 0.33 3.83 3.78 4.46 

Income taxes 0.00 0.26 0.07 0.33 

Net income 0.33 3.58 3.71 4.13 

––Million $ ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 3.40 139.80 231.52 380.70 

 

Ratios ––Ratio––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 2.91 1.61 1.88 1.65 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.11 0.16 0.16 0.11 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) (0.19) 0.35 0.49 0.48 

 ––Percent–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 0.87 5.66 6.28 8.02 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 0.23 11.26 15.93 20.15 

Number of cooperatives 6 43 29 28 

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TABLE 28.18 (cont.)—Mixed farm supply1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

 MIXED FARM SUPPLY CO-OPS SALES GROUP

 $15–$20 Million $20–$30 Million $50–$50 Million $50–$100 Million

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current assets 44.00 51.63 49.81 49.78 

Other assets 4.32 2.07 3.30 2.69 

Property, plant and equipment 25.45 33.92 32.08 31.79 

Total, own assets 73.76 87.62 85.20 84.26 

Investments in other cooperatives 26.24 12.38 14.80 15.74 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 27.49 35.16 31.70 33.36 

Long-term liabilities 7.81 12.84 12.50 8.93 

Total liabilities 35.29 48.00 44.19 42.29 

Allocated equity 28.22 24.31 30.84 30.28 

Retained earnings 36.49 27.70 24.97 27.43 

Total equity 64.71 52.00 55.81 57.71 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement -––Percent of total sales–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 87.58 86.58 85.28 86.71 

Gross margin 12.42 13.42 14.72 13.29 

Service and other income 9.57 5.53 3.52 3.91 

Gross revenue 21.99 18.96 18.24 17.21 

Wages 11.40 8.06 8.18 8.07 

Depreciation 2.51 2.03 2.13 2.28 

Interest 0.57 0.48 0.36 0.43 

Other expenses 6.60 7.35 6.06 5.55 

Total expenses 21.09 17.92 16.74 16.33 

Net operating margins 0.89 1.03 1.51 0.88 

Patronage income 1.90 1.06 1.58 1.80 

Non-operating income 0.07 0.67 0.36 0.54 

Net income before taxes 2.87 2.76 3.45 3.21 

Income taxes 0.32 0.34 0.25 0.21 

Net income 2.55 2.42 3.20 3.00 

 ––Million $ ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 386.68 441.25 677.72 1,995.70 

 

Ratios ––Ratio–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.60 1.47 1.57 1.49 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.12 0.25 0.22 0.15 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.56 0.53 0.45 0.48 

––Percent–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 4.47 6.43 7.01 6.59 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 11.74 19.76 19.10 17.92 

Number of cooperatives 20 17 17 27 

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TABLE 28.18 (cont.)—Mixed farm supply1 co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

MIXED FARM SUPPLY CO-OPS SALES GROUP

 $50–$100 Million $100 – $300 Million $300–$1 Billion $1 Billion or More

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––———————

Current assets 49.78 46.83 55.14 50.64 

Other assets 2.69 3.36 2.63 9.29 

Property, plant and equipment 31.79 32.19 29.30 25.42 

Total, own assets 84.26 82.38 87.07 85.35 

Investments in other cooperatives 15.74 17.62 12.93 14.65 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 33.36 28.66 28.13 44.38 

Long-term liabilities 8.93 10.85 14.21 16.45 

Total liabilities 42.29 39.50 42.34 60.83 

Allocated equity 30.28 21.61 33.55 29.76 

Retained earnings 27.43 38.89 24.11 9.41 

Total equity 57.71 60.50 57.66 39.17 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement -––Percent of total sales–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 86.71 88.02 86.34 93.57 

Gross margin 13.29 11.98 13.66 6.43 

Service and other income 3.91 4.35 2.79 0.36 

Gross revenue 17.21 16.33 16.45 6.78 

Wages 8.07 7.26 7.57 3.51 

Depreciation 2.28 2.16 2.45 1.36 

Interest 0.43 0.34 0.36 0.33 

Other expenses 5.55 5.16 4.61 0.27 

Total expenses 16.33 14.92 14.99 5.47 

Net operating margins 0.88 1.41 1.46 1.31 

Patronage income 1.80 1.74 0.88 0.09 

Non-operating income 0.54 0.38 1.02 0.40 

Net income before taxes 3.21 3.53 3.36 1.81 

Income taxes 0.21 (0.00) 0.29 0.05 

Net income 3.00 3.53 3.07 1.76 

 ––Million $––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 1,995.70 6,504.88 2,988.79 46,258.74 

 

Ratios ––Ratio–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.49 1.63 1.96 1.14 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.15 0.18 0.25 0.42 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.48 0.64 0.42 0.24 

-––Percent––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 6.59 6.94 6.04 3.67 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 17.92 29.33 14.87 10.14 

Number of cooperatives 27 34 6 4 

 1

Mixed farm supply are those co-ops whose majority of sales are farm supplies, but that also have commodity marketing sales.
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TABLE 28.19—Artificial insemination co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016 

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION CO-OPS SALES GROUP

< $25 Million in Sales > $25 Million in Sales

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets——––––––––––––––––————

Current assets 64.49 50.13 

Other assets 7.60 21.99 

Property, plant and equipment 13.31 22.71 

Total, own assets 85.39 94.83 

Investments in other cooperatives 14.61 5.17 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 20.31 39.22 

Long-term liabilities 7.91 19.01 

Total liabilities 28.21 58.24 

Allocated equity 30.15 12.29 

Retained earnings 41.64 29.47 

Total equity 71.79 41.76 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales——–––––––––––––––––————

Total sales for group 100.00 100.00 

Cost of goods sold 31.88 41.58 

Gross margin 68.12 58.42 

Service and other income 14.04 5.77 

Gross revenue 82.16 64.18 

Wages 48.99 39.33 

Depreciation 2.40 3.69 

Interest 0.00 1.16 

Other expenses 22.63 20.19 

Total expenses 74.02 64.36 

Net operating margins 8.14 (0.17)

Patronage income 0.78 0.10 

Non-operating income 1.69 (0.06)

Net income before taxes 10.62 (0.13)

Income taxes 0.63 (0.11)

Net income 9.99 (0.02)

––Million $————–––––––––––––––––––——————

Total gross business volume 122.04 386.99 

 

Ratios ––Ratio——————––––––––––––––––––––—————

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 3.18 1.28 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.11 0.46 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.58 0.71 

––Percent ————–––––––––––––––––––——————

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets 14.29 1.27 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 44.61 (0.19)

Number of cooperatives 7 5 
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TABLE 28.20—Miscellaneous service co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

 TYPE OF SERVICE COOPERATIVE

 

 Cotton Crop Hulling Dairy

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current assets 79.54 26.77 22.55 32.04 

Other assets 9.98 6.95 0.72 64.17 

Property, plant and equipment 8.27 63.36 76.58 3.79 

Total, own assets 97.79 97.08 99.86 100.00 

Investments in other cooperatives 2.21 2.92 0.14 0.00 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 58.38 21.84 13.45 22.75 

Long-term liabilities 0.95 9.92 36.98 3.21 

Total liabilities 59.34 31.76 50.43 25.96 

Allocated equity 16.01 54.72 43.19 69.84 

Retained earnings 24.66 13.52 6.38 4.21 

Total equity 40.66 68.24 49.57 74.04 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement -––Percent of total sales and service receipts–––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 0.00 0.00 58.46 0.00 

Cost of goods sold 0.00 0.00 21.09 0.00 

Gross margin 0.00 0.00 37.37 0.00 

Service and other income 100.00 100.00 41.54 100.00 

Gross revenue 100.00 100.00 78.91 100.00 

Wages 33.60 59.01 17.85 28.47 

Depreciation 4.81 6.43 14.62 1.69 

Interest 2.03 0.22 1.95 4.56 

Other expenses 50.46 29.84 27.08 61.54 

Total expenses 90.90 95.49 61.49 96.26 

Net operating margins 9.10 4.51 17.42 3.74 

Patronage income 0.27 0.11 0.00 0.65 

Non-operating income 9.22 1.00 0.27 0.18 

Net income before taxes 18.59 5.61 17.68 4.57 

Income taxes 0.00 0.49 (0.05) 0.42 

Net income 18.59 5.12 17.73 4.15 

––Million $–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 14.33 27.88 49.50 1.39 

 

Ratios ––Ratio–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.36 1.23 1.68 1.41 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.02 0.15 0.75 0.04 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.61 0.20 0.13 0.06 

-––Percent ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets 3.02 8.56 9.57 4.49 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 16.99 13.75 20.02 2.93 

Number of cooperatives 5 6 10 10 

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TABLE 28.20 (cont.)—Miscellaneous service co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

 TYPE OF SERVICE COOPERATIVE

Fruit & Vegetable Livestock Nut Rice Drying

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current assets 56.49 29.76 22.16 34.86 

Other assets 9.58 50.62 2.73 10.02 

Property, plant and equipment 19.67 19.62 74.85 54.82 

Total, own assets 85.74 100.00 99.74 99.70 

Investments in other cooperatives 14.26 0.00 0.26 0.30 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 44.64 12.59 12.93 27.74 

Long-term liabilities 13.59 6.22 48.07 5.65 

Total liabilities 58.23 18.81 61.00 33.38 

Allocated equity 29.14 62.26 35.28 60.32 

Retained earnings 12.64 18.93 3.72 6.29 

Total equity 41.77 81.19 39.00 66.62 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales and service receipts ––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total sales for group 0.00 0.18 0.11 0.00 

Cost of goods sold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Gross margin 0.00 0.18 0.11 0.00 

Service and other income 100.00 99.82 99.89 100.00 

Gross revenue 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Wages 39.83 11.41 35.98 23.83 

Depreciation 3.46 2.03 13.17 6.83 

Interest 0.19 0.60 5.19 0.91 

Other expenses 53.07 82.84 32.50 43.42 

Total expenses 96.55 96.88 86.83 74.99 

Net operating margins 3.45 3.12 13.17 25.01 

Patronage income 1.98 0.00 0.82 0.23 

Non-operating income 1.82 0.12 1.35 (0.38)

Net income before taxes 7.25 3.24 15.34 24.86 

Income taxes 0.22 0.01 1.77 0.25 

Net income 7.03 3.24 13.57 24.61 

––Million $––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 37.77 10.29 2.65 5.59 

 

Ratios ––Ratio ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.27 2.36 1.71 1.26 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.33 0.08 1.23 0.08 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.30 0.23 0.10 0.09 

 ––Percent––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 6.33 3.28 11.16 16.90 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 20.55 4.44 20.91 26.76 

Number of cooperatives 14 7 4 3 

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TABLE 28.20 (cont.)—Miscellaneous service co-ops, common-size financial statements, by size, 2016

TYPE OF SERVICE COOPERATIVE

Storage Transportation Other

Balance sheet ––Percent of total assets––––––––––––––––––––––––——

Current assets 43.26 36.82 2.85 

Other assets 6.83 2.48 79.28 

Property, plant and equipment 49.91 56.59 2.57 

Total, own assets 100.00 95.88 84.70 

Investments in other cooperatives 0.00 4.12 15.30 

Total assets 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Current liabilities 28.81 28.57 6.97 

Long-term liabilities 0.63 12.55 5.43 

Total liabilities 29.44 41.12 12.40 

Allocated equity 47.70 53.16 22.63 

Retained earnings 22.86 5.73 64.97 

Total equity 70.56 58.88 87.60 

Total equity and liabilities 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 

Income statement ––Percent of total sales and service receipts ––––––––––––

Total sales for group 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Cost of goods sold 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Gross margin 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Service and other income 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Gross revenue 100.00 100.00 100.00 

Wages 20.79 33.89 4.69 

Depreciation 10.29 11.07 6.59 

Interest 0.00 0.51 2.44 

Other expenses 28.21 57.70 7.38 

Total expenses 59.29 103.17 21.09 

Net operating margins 40.71 (3.17) 78.91 

Patronage income 0.00 0.28 48.66 

Non-operating income 0.08 0.98 44.34 

Net income before taxes 40.80 (1.91) 171.91 

Income taxes 1.27 0.02 27.63 

Net income 39.52 (1.92) 144.29 

 ––Million $––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total gross business volume 7.23 24.10 23.23 

 

Ratios ––Ratio––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) 1.50 1.29 0.41 

Long-term debt-to-equity (long-term liabilities/total equity) 0.01 0.21 0.06 

Retained earnings-to-equity (retained earnings/total equity) 0.32 0.10 0.74 

 ––Percent––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Return-on-assets (net income before taxes + interest/total assets) 16.77 (2.98) 6.62 

Return-on-member equity (net income after taxes/allocated equity) 34.07 (7.74) 24.22 

Number of cooperatives 6 8 19 
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SECTION V: Statistical Trends

This section presents tables and charts depicting statistical trends of U.S. agricultural cooperatives. 

Highlights

• In 10 years, the number of ag co-ops dropped 33 percent, 

from 2,595 in 2007 to 1,953 in 2016 (average drop of 3.1 

percent per year) (Tables 29 and 32 and Figure 1).

• Membership numbers have fallen 29 percent since 2007 

(Table 32 and Figure 2).

• Despite an annual loss of ag co-ops, the number of total 

employees has grown (total by 3.2 percent over the 10-year 

period 2007 to 2016, full-time by 9.7 percent (Tables 30 and 

32 and Figure 3). 

• Net and gross business volume dropped for the second year 

in a row (Table 32 and Figure 4).

• Net business volume has declined 21 percent since 2014, 

while gross volume dropped 23 percent. 

• Marketing gross business volume declined 22 percent since 

2014; farm supplies declined 23 percent, and service receipts 

dropped 14 percent from 2014 to 2016.

• Net sales of grain and oilseed, dairy, and livestock dropped 

more than 20 percent since 2014 (Figures 5 and 6).

• Petroleum and fertilizer sales fell more than 30 percent in 

two years (Figure 7).

• Net margin before taxes dropped in 2016, after having risen 

every prior year back to 2009 (Figure 9).

• Assets and equity have grown over the last three years while 

liabilities fluctuated, declining in 2015 then rising in 2016 

(Figure 10).

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TABLE 29—Number, memberships, and business volume, U.S. ag co-ops, by operating type, 2007–2016

Cooperatives Memberships

Marketing Farm Supply Related Service Total Marketing Farm Supply Related Service Total

Year —————— Number —————— —————— 1,000 members —————— 

2007 1,385 1,094 116 2,595 814 1,605 40 2,459

2008 1,354 1,011 110 2,475 809 1,509 36 2,354

2009 1,277 992 121 2,390 754 1,448 35 2,237

2010 1,215 974 125 2,314 737 1,463 35 2,234

2011 1,222 935 128 2,285 846 1,398 36 2,279

2012 1,200 916 120 2,236 652 1,426 37 2,115

2013 1,195 871 120 2,186 655 1,284 37 1,977

2014 1,114 876 116 2,106 627 1,333 35 1,996

2015 1,079 874 94 2,047 591 1,296 34 1,921

2016 1,040 827 86 1,953 584 1,380 37 1,901

Marketing Volume Farm Supply Volume Service Receipts

1

Service receipts, other operating income, patronage received, and non-operating income.
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TABLE 30—Number of employees, U.S. ag co-ops, by type, 2007 – 2015

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES

Type 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

————————————————————— Thousands —————————————————————

Cotton & cotton ginning 1.5 1.6 4.1 5.5 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.8 1.6

Dairy 22.8 21.4 20.3 21.0 21.0 20.7 18.9 24.9 23.8 23.6

Fruit & vegetable 14.1 14.0 13.6 14.2 13.2 13.5 13.3 13.6 16.1 14.2

Grain & oilseed ( 24.9 23.6 23.6 23.5 21.6 24.9 22.4 20.4 21.0 18.3

Livestock and poultry 1.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3

Rice 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.6

Sugar 6.0 6.5 6.9 6.9 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.9 7.5

Other marketing 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 1.9 3.2 3.2 6.8

Total marketing 75.7 74.4 75.6 78.4 72.3 75.9 69.9 75.2 77.8 76.9

Total supplies 62.2 61.1 58.5 56.6 56.0 53.8 57.6 46.1 46.4 43.6

Total services 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 4.7

 Total full-time employees 138.6 136.3 135.3 136.2 129.5 131.0 128.8 122.6 125.5 125.2

PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

Part-time employees 48.7 51.0 55.7 54.9 56.2 52.8 54.4 57.8 53.8 56.2

Total employees 187.3 187.3 191.3 191.1 185.6 183.6 183.4 180.4 179.3 181.4
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TABLE 31—Data used in trend charts, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 – 2016

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Number of cooperatives:

Marketing 1,385 1,354 1,277 1,215 1,222 1,206 1,195 1,114 1,079 1,040

Supply and service 1,210 1,121 1,113 1,099 1,063 1,032 991 992 968 913

 Total 2,595 2,475 2,390 2,314 2,285 2,238 2,186 2,106 2,047 1,953

Number of memberships (thousands)

Marketing 0.814 0.809 0.754 0.737 0.846 0.652 0.655 0.627 0.591 0.584

Supply & service 1.644 1.542 1.482 1.498 1.434 1.463 1.321 1.368 1.330 1.317

 Total 2.458 2.351 2.236 2.235 2.280 2.115 1.976 1.995 1.921 1.901

Number of employees (thousands)

Full-time employees 125.200 125.500 122.600 129.000 130.800 129.400 136.200 135.600 136.300 138.635

Total employees 181.400 179.300 180.400 183.400 183.600 185.600 191.100 191.300 187.300 187.335

Business volume (billion $)

Net business volume 128.830 167.615 146.860 147.805 187.100 202.600 208.557 210.293 179.890 165.632

Gross bus. volume 148.019 193.465 169.325 171.803 213.391 237.800 246.120 246.670 212.059 191.075

Net sales of select commodities (billion $)

Dairy 35.300 39.080 27.620 31.130 40.670 39.740 40.180 49.640 38.328 38.562

Grains 28.530 46.580 43.830 40.500 55.340 63.710 66.250 57.900 48.347 44.294

Fruit & Veg. 4.300 5.420 5.450 5.450 5.570 5.750 5.890 5.800 5.889 5.913

Livestock 3.215 3.240 2.989 3.554 4.233 4.020 3.345 4.947 4.792 3.779

Sugar 4.000 4.070 3.800 4.100 4.760 6.000 6.030 5.200 4.727 4.539

Net sales of selected supplies (billion $)

Petroleum 14.870 19.460 15.760 16.450 20.330 23.360 24.400 25.600 21.390 17.031

Feed 7.490 9.380 8.810 8.590 10.490 11.840 12.720 10.800 9.932 9.032

Fertilizer 7.050 10.190 10.840 9.370 11.940 14.190 14.020 16.300 12.326 10.425

Crop protectants 3.470 4.810 5.790 5.640 6.600 7.190 7.330 7.500 7.315 6.377

Seed 1.900 2.410 2.520 2.630 2.900 3.270 3.360 3.400 3.188 3.373

Margins and income (billion $)

Net oper. margin 3.240 4.000 3.280 3.590 4.760 5.200 4.160 4.860 5.995 5.527

Net inc. before taxes 3.900 4.860 4.180 4.260 5.370 6.130 6.150 6.990 7.520 7.148

Balance sheet items (billion $)

Assets 57.950 70.260 61.230 64.890 79.410 83.360 82.560 87.100 88.300 92.055

Liabilities 36.700 47.060 37.410 38.990 51.300 53.210 47.920 49.490 47.700 51.156

Equity 21.250 23.200 23.830 25.900 28.110 30.150 34.640 37.600 40.500 40.899
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TABLE 32—Percentage changes of data used in trend charts, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007 – 2016

2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015-16 Avg Chg. 10-Yr Chg.

Number of cooperatives

Marketing (2.2%) (5.7%) (4.9%) 0.6% (1.3%) (0.9%) (6.8%) (3.1%) (3.6%) (3.1%) (33.2%)

Supply and service (7.4%) (0.7%) (1.3%) (3.3%) (2.9%) (4.0%) 0.1% (2.4%) (5.7%) (3.1%) (32.5%)

Total (4.6%) (3.4%) (3.2%) (1.3%) (2.1%) (2.3%) (3.7%) (2.8%) (4.6%) (3.1%) (32.9%)

Number of memberships

Marketing (0.6%) (6.8%) (2.3%) 14.8% (22.9%) 0.5% (4.3%) (5.7%) (1.2%) (3.2%) (39.3%)

Supply & service (6.2%) (3.9%) 1.1% (4.3%) 2.0% (9.7%) 3.6% (2.8%) (1.0%) (2.4%) (24.8%)

Total (4.4%) (4.9%) (0.0%) 2.0% (7.2%) (6.6%) 1.0% (3.7%) (1.0%) (2.8%) (29.3%)

Number of employees

Full-time employees 0.2% (2.3%) 5.2% 1.4% (1.1%) 5.3% (0.4%) 0.5% 1.7% 1.2% 9.7%

Total employees (1.2%) 0.6% 1.7% 0.1% 1.1% 3.0% 0.1% (2.1%) 0.0% 0.4% 3.2%

Business volume

Net business volume 30.1% (12.4%) 0.6% 26.6% 8.3% 2.9% 0.8% (14.5%) (7.9%) 3.8% 22.2%

Gross business volume 30.7% (12.5%) 1.5% 24.2% 11.4% 3.5% 0.2% (14.0%) (9.9%) 3.9% 22.5%

Net sales of selected commodities

Dairy 10.7% (29.3%) 12.7% 30.6% (2.3%) 1.1% 23.5% (22.8%) 0.6% 2.8% 8.5%

Grains 63.3% (5.9%) (7.6%) 36.6% 15.1% 4.0% (12.6%) (16.5%) (8.4%) 7.6% 35.6%

Fruit & Veg. 26.0% 0.6% 0.0% 2.2% 3.2% 2.4% (1.5%) 1.5% 0.4% 3.9% 27.3%

Livestock 0.8% (7.7%) 18.9% 19.1% (5.0%) (16.8%) 47.9% (3.1%) (21.1%) 3.6% 14.9%

Sugar 1.8% (6.6%) 7.9% 16.1% 26.1% 0.5% (13.8%) (9.1%) (4.0%) 2.1% 11.9%

Net sales of selected supplies

Petroleum 30.9% (19.0%) 4.4% 23.6% 14.9% 4.5% 4.9% (16.4%) (20.4%) 3.0% 12.7%

Feed 25.2% (6.1%) (2.5%) 22.1% 12.9% 7.4% (15.1%) (8.0%) (9.1%) 3.0% 17.1%

Fertilizer 44.5% 6.4% (13.6%) 27.4% 18.8% (1.2%) 16.3% (24.4%) (15.4%) 6.5% 32.4%

Crop protectants 38.6% 20.4% (2.6%) 17.0% 8.9% 1.9% 2.3% (2.5%) (12.8%) 7.9% 45.6%

Seed 26.8% 4.6% 4.4% 10.3% 12.8% 2.8% 1.2% (6.2%) 5.8% 6.9% 43.7%

Margins and income

Net operating margin 23.5% (18.0%) 9.5% 32.6% 9.2% (20.0%) 16.8% 23.4% (7.8%) 7.7% 41.4%

Net income before taxes 24.6% (14.0%) 1.9% 26.1% 14.2% 0.3% 13.7% 7.6% (4.9%) 7.7% 45.4%

Balance sheet items

Assets 21.2% (12.9%) 6.0% 22.4% 5.0% (1.0%) 5.5% 1.4% 4.3% 5.8% 37.0%

Liabilities 28.2% (20.5%) 4.2% 31.6% 3.7% (9.9%) 3.3% (3.6%) 7.2% 4.9% 28.3%

Equity 9.2% 2.7% 8.7% 8.5% 7.3% 14.9% 8.5% 7.7% 1.0% 7.6% 48.0%
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FIGURE 1—Number of U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016

FIGURE 2—Memberships of U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016
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FIGURE 3—Number of employees, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016

FIGURE 4—Net and gross business volume, U.S. ag co-ops. 2007–20016
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FIGURE 5—Net sales of of grain and dairy commodities, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016

FIGURE 6—Net sales of fruit and vegetable, livestock, and sugar commodities, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016
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FIGURE 7—Net sales of petroleum, feed and fertilizer, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016

FIGURE 8—Net sales of crop protectants and seed, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016
FIGURE 9—Net operating margin and net income, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016

FIGURE 10—Total assets, liabilities, and equity, U.S. ag co-ops, 2007–2016

86 COOPERATIVE STATISTICS 2016
APPENDIX

NOTE 1: METHODOLOGY

USDA’s Cooperative Programs conducts an annual 

survey of the population of U.S. farmer, rancher, and 

fishery cooperatives to gain information on the Nation’s 

agricultural cooperative sector. Information obtained 

from individual cooperatives is combined with data from 

other cooperatives to maintain confidentiality; thus, 

aggregate statistics are reflected in all analysis, articles, 

and reports generated from the data. When individual 

cooperative data is released, it is only done with special 

permission from the individual cooperatives involved.

USDA considers four major criteria in identifying 

farmer, rancher, and fishery cooperatives that are then 

sampled for the annual statistics compilation:

(1) Membership is limited to persons producing

agricultural and aquacultural products and to

associations of such producers;

(2) Cooperative members are limited to one vote

regardless of the amount of stock or membership capital

owned, or the cooperative does not pay dividends on

stock or membership capital in excess of 8 percent a year

or the legal rate in the State, whichever is higher;

(3) Business conducted with non-members may not

exceed the value of business conducted with members;

(4) The cooperative operates for the mutual interest of

members by providing member benefits on the basis of

patronage.

These criteria may result in larger or smaller numbers 

of farmer, rancher, and fishery cooperatives than found 

in lists or directories of State agencies or cooperative 

councils.

NOTE 2: FINANCIAL GLOSSARY

These are the definitions and/or formulas used to 

calculate the financial items in the tables in this report.

Income statement — Shows the financial results (sales, 

service and other income, expenses, taxes, and net 

income) of a cooperative’s operations. 

Total sales — Includes all sales from marketing or 

supplies (less discounts), returns, and allowances from 

gross sales. (Service co-ops typically do not have a total 

sales value; the first income statement item for those coops is service receipts.).

Cost of goods sold — Beginning inventory plus 

purchases and freight costs, minus purchase returns and 

allowances, purchase discounts, and ending inventory.

Gross margins — The excess of net sales over the cost 

of goods sold.

Service and other operating income — This income 

is derived from any service the cooperatives provide. 

Some co-ops only provide services. Service-only 

co-ops include rice driers, storage, transportation, 

auctions, hulling, seed development, locker plants, 

pest management, scouting, farmer markets, and 

miscellaneous services. Marketing and supply co-ops 

also provide hauling, storage, grading, delivery, custom 

application, recordkeeping, and drying as the most 

common services. Other operating income can also 

include income from providing financing for sales.

Operating expenses — Four categories of expenses are 

used: wages, depreciation, interest, and other. Wages 

include salaries and wages, payroll taxes, employee 

insurance, unemployment compensation, and pension 

expense. Other expenses include administrative expenses 

and general expenses. Administrative expenses are 

overhead costs such as professional services, office 

supplies, telephone, meetings and travel, donations, dues 

and subscriptions, directors’ fees and expense, and

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annual meetings. General expenses include advertising 

and promotion, auto and truck delivery, insurance, 

property, business and other taxes and licenses, rent and 

lease expenses, plant supplies and repairs, repairs and 

maintenance, utilities, bad debts, and miscellaneous.

Net operating margins — Net operating margins are 

calculated by taking gross margins minus total expenses 

before taxes, and not counting patronage refunds from 

other cooperatives.

Patronage income — Patronage refunds received 

(usually income from other cooperatives) that result 

from business activity with other cooperatives (generally 

regional co-ops) or CoBank (a cooperative bank).

Non-operating income — Income not generated by 

sales. It can be interest from investments. It also can 

come from the sales of property, plant, and equipment, 

rentals, and extraordinary items.

Net income before taxes — Net operating margins plus 

patronage refunds and non-operating income, before 

taxes are subtracted. 

Income taxes — Cooperatives pay income taxes on 

earnings not allocated to members (retained earnings) 

and on dividend payments.

Net income after taxes — Net operating margins plus 

patronage refunds and non-operating income, minus 

taxes.

Gross business volume — Comprised of total sales, 

other operating income, patronage income, and nonoperating income.

Net business volume — Comprised of total sales, other 

operating income, patronage income, and non-operating 

income, but sales to other cooperatives are not included.

Balance sheet — The balance sheet of a cooperative 

states its financial position at the end of a 12-month 

fiscal year. It represents the co-op’s assets, liabilities, 

member equity, and its mutual relationships.

Current assets — Assets (generally comprised of cash 

and cash equivalents, accounts and notes (with shortterm maturities) receivable, inventories, and prepaid 

expenses.

Investments and other assets — Investments are most 

often in other cooperatives and CoBank. Other assets 

is a “catch-all” category that contains a wide variety of 

items.

Property, plant, and equipment (PP&E) — Net 

property, plant, and equipment are tangible assets used 

by a cooperative’s operations. It is calculated by taking 

total PP&E and subtracting accumulated depreciation.

Current liabilities — All obligations that are paid with 

the use of current assets and usually paid within one 

year. These include notes payable to banks and/or other 

trade creditors, accounts payable, current maturities of 

long-term debt, income taxes, other accrued liabilities 

(i.e., payroll, property taxes, interest), patronage 

dividends payable, and miscellaneous current liabilities. 

Total liabilities — Include current liabilities plus longterm liabilities (primarily long-term debt).

Allocated (or member) equities — Represent member 

ownership in the cooperative; those equities allocated 

specifically to members.

Retained earnings — Equity that is not assigned to 

specific member accounts.

Total equity (net worth) — Sum of allocated equity, 

patron’s equity, and retained earnings. 
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NOTE 3: FINANCIAL RATIOS

Ratios provide for comparative analysis of items in 

balance sheets and income statements.

Current ratio = current assets divided by current 

liabilities.

Debt-to-assets = total debt (total liabilities) divided by 

total assets.

Long-term debt-to-equity = long-term liabilities divided 

by total equity.

Times interest earned = income before interest and 

taxes divided by interest.

Fixed assets turnover = net sales divided by fixed assets 

(net PP&E).

Equity-to-assets = total equity divided by total assets.

Expenses-to-gross revenue = total expenses divided by 

gross revenue.

Gross margin = total sales minus cost of goods sold 

(gross margin) divided by total sales.

Return on assets = net income before taxes and interest 

divided by total assets.

Return on allocated member equity = net income after 

taxes divided by allocated equity.

Mention in Rural Cooperatives of company and brand names 

does not signify endorsement over other companies’ products 

and services.

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