美国农业合作社服务指南说明书

t u re by devot i ng i t s total effort t o p rese rvi ng a nd i m p r o vi ng t h e fa m i ly fa rm . The De pa rt me nt of Ag ric u lt u re h as a lo ng sta nd i ng a nd cl ear p u bl i c m a nd ate to fo ste r a n d s u p p o rt t h i s i n st it ut i o n a s
ate, i n pro moti ng s u ch knowl edge, wit h ed u cati o na l a nd m ar keti ng age n ci es, cooperati ve a ssoci at i o ns, a nd ot her s. $ Th is
i nformation m ission is accompl ished by the agency servi ng a s a centra l storeho u se of data abo ut fa rmer cooperat ives i n the
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St a t i st i c a l dat a a re c ol l e cted to det ect c h a n g e s i n st r u ct u r e, o p er
eti o n s, a nd g rowt h tre nds. D ata hel p i de ntify a nd s u p p ort a p p l i ed
bra n c he s of G o ve r n m e nt i n f o r m u l at i n g a g ri c u lt u r a l po l i cy.
Why FC S I s a Pu b l ishe r
A di st i n ct i nfo r m at i o n m i s si o n i s c l e a r l y st at ed i n t h e Co o per a t i ve
the m ea n s by whi c h the N ati o n's food a nd fi ber a re p rod u ced.
Fam ily farmers use the cooperative fo rm of busi ness to i ncrea se
thei r i nco me a nd e n ha n ce t hei r q u a l ity of li vi ng. They u se coop
FA R M E R Q OO P E R ATIVE S E RVI C E
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Fa r m e r Co o pe r at i ve Se rvice se rve s t he h e a rt of Am e r i ca n ag r icu l
Tec h n i c a l a ss i st a n ce i s l a rg el y des i g n ed to s pec ifi ca l l y be nefit t he req uesti ng g ro u p. H owever, the res u lts ofte n provide g u ida n ce i n deve l o p i ng b u si n e s s st rategy fo r al l co o pe rat i ve s.
U n ited States. The m i ssi o n i s com m u ni cated th ro ug h a var iety of p ubl i cati o n s devel oped to co nvey the ba si c pri n ci ples of cooper ati o n a nd the key o rg a ni zati o n al a nd m a n ageme nt e lem e nts r eq u i red fo r s u cce s sf u l co o p e r at i ve eff o rt . A m o nt h l y m a g az i n e,
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G u iding Prin cipl es
G u i d i n g p r i n c i p l e s for FC S eff o rts ce nt e r o n p r o vi d i n g i m m ed i at e
response a nd leadershi p i n the cha ngi ng economi c environment
FCS has several m aj or th rusts to hel p m ake fa mi ly farmers' coop erative b u s i n es ses c o m p et i ti ve a nd effi c i e nt.
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Applied Research
Ap p l i ed resea rc h i s co nd u cted to a cq u i re a nd m a i nta i n t he ba se of i nfo r m a t i o n n e ce ss a ry for FCS to g i ve fa r m e r s re l e va nt a n d e x pe rt a ss i st a n ce perta i n i ng to t hei r coo pe rati ves. St ud i e s con ce n trate on fi na nci a l, org a n i zati o na l, leg a l, soci a l, a nd eco nom i c a s pects of co o pe r at i ve a ct i v i ty. Co n ce rt ed eff o rt i s m a de to e n s u r e that resea rch has di rect appli cati on to cooperatives' curre nt a nd em e rg i n g req u i re m e nt s to s e rve t he fa m i l y fa rm m o st effe ct i ve l y.
M a rket i ng Act of 1 9 26 wh i c h c h a rg es FCS t o p r om ote t he k n owl edg e of co o p er at i ve prin cipl es a n d p r a ct i ce s a n d t o c o o p er
Tech n i c al a ssi sta n ce i s p rovided i n respo n se to specifi c problem s. These m ay come from a few farmers di rectly or from the ma n
ageme nt of fede rat i o n s of co o pe r at i ves co m p osed of h u ndred s o r som eti mes t ho u sa nd s of fa r me rs. Hel p i s g i ve n o n b u si n e ss or gan izatio n a nd re l at i o n s h i p s of t h e co o p e r at i ve to ot h er b u si n esses a nd i n sti t uti o n s. Wo rk i n vo l ves dete r m i n i ng t he fea si bi l i t y of n ew fa ci l iti es. Advi ce m a y be g i ve n o n t he m er it s of m erg i ng org a n i zati o n s o r fo rm i ng new o n es. Tec h n i c al st ud i e s co ver t he f u l l r a ng e of decisio n making f o u n d i n a co o p e rat i ve b u si n e ss e n terprise. The ag e n cy i s p re p a red to b u i l d a n y o ne l i n k i n t he fa r m economic system or to design a n enti rely new system.
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