ARI Project: 00-03-027 | Funding Round: Round 1 (1999-2000)  | Start Date: 06/01/2000  | Status: Completed

An Economic Feasibility Analysis of Forming a California Wheat Growers Marketing Cooperative
ARI Member Campus: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Research Focus Area: Public Policy
Project Personnel: Director: Noel, Jay, Agribusiness Department, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly State University
Co-Investigator: Wolf, Marianne, Agribusiness Department, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly State University
Co-Investigator: Amspacher, William, Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly State University
Co-Investigator: MacDougal, Neal, Agribusiness Department, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly State University
Co-Investigator: Schaffner, David
ARI Allocation: $0.00
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Total Funding: $0.00
Project Objective: To address the feasibility of forming a cooperative of wheat growers in California. Benefits would include the capture of marketing margins from other stages of the marketing channel, gain from improved and marketing, and increased market access.
Project Abstract: California wheat growers are looking for new marketing opportunities in order to obtain a higher rate of return from the marketplace for their production and to become less reliant on government programs for their economic survival. There are over 30 different varieties of wheat grown in California and many of them are specialty varieties for niche processing markets. This project will attempt to address the feasibility of forming a cooperative of wheat growers in the State. The formation of an agricultural cooperative can be driven by a number of motivations. The primary reasons hypothesized are: benefits from economies of scale, the capture of marketing margins from other stages of the marketing channel, gain from improved coordination of production and marketing, and increased market access.
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