CS-**C Farmer Cooperative Statistics (Bargaining cooperatives)

CP-2006C (BARGAINING) Form Approved

OMB No. 0570-0007

United States Department of Agriculture

Rural Development

FARMER COOPERATIVE STATISTICS, 2006

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Your help is needed in developing and maintaining complete and accurate nationwide statistics on farmer cooperatives for use in education, research, and decision-making. The data you provide will remain confidential as provided for by law.

1. Person completing this questionnaire:

a. NAME

b. TITLE

c. PHONE NUMBER ( ) - d. FAX ( ) - e. DATE

f. E-MAIL ADDRESS

g. COOPERATIVE’S HOME-PAGE ADDRESS

2. If your cooperative at the above address was sold to or merged into another organization recently, please complete this question and question 1 only.

a. NAME

b. ADDRESS

c. DATE OF SALE OR MERGER

If you have any questions related to this survey of farmer cooperatives, please feel free to contact Eldon Eversull at (202) 690-1415 or send an e-mail message to eldon.eversull@usda.gov. You are not required to respond, but your participation is very important. If you have any comments, please write them in the margins or attach a note.

Please attach the enclosed return mailing label to your envelope and return this questionnaire to:

USDA/RBS, STOP 3256, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-3256

BARGAINING, 2006

(NOTE: If you attach an annual or audit report, fill in only information requested that is not included in the annual or audit report.)

3. In what month did your cooperative end its fiscal or business year during 2006? MONTH

4. Please provide the amounts for the following categories for your business year that ended in 2006.

(107) $

(108) $

a. TOTAL ASSETS?

(109) $

b. INVESTMENTS IN ALL OTHER CO-OPS (Include CoBank.)?

c. TOTAL LIABILITIES (What the cooperative owes.)?

(110) $

d. TOTAL NET WORTH OR MEMBER EQUITY (What members own.)?

5. For your business year ended in 2006, what was your cooperative’s

a. SERVICE RECEIPTS AND OTHER OPERATING AND

NONOPERATING INCOME OR REVENUE (Include service

revenues, storage and handling fees, interest income, etc.

(106) $

Exclude dividends and patronage refunds received from other

cooperatives, including CoBank.)?

b. TOTAL WAGES AND BENEFITS (Include payroll taxes, group

(123) $

insurance, commissions, profit-sharing, and any other related

benefits.)?

c. TOTAL PATRONAGE REFUNDS AND DIVIDENDS RECEIVED

(113) $

FROM ALL OTHER CO-OPS (Include CoBank and all other

sources, less any equity writeoffs.)?

(112) $

d. TOTAL NET INCOME (OR LOSS) (Before income taxes and

distributions.)?

6. What was your bargaining volume for fiscal 2006? (Please list in the table below the quantity and value of products for which your association acted as a bargaining agent, even though you did not handle or sell the products. Estimate if actual records are not available.)

PRODUCT, QUANTITY, AND DOLLAR VALUE

Product (list) (A)	Check off per unit (B)	Specify unit (tons, cwt., etc.) (C)	Total units for which bargaining conducted (D)	Total checkoff received (Dollars)	Estimated sales value of product sold by members and dealers (Dollars)

7. Did your association market any raw or processed farm products directly? (Please check one.)

NO If "NO," go to question 8. YES If "YES," please list products and sales in the following table.

Raw product(s) (specify commodity)	Sales
	$
	$
Processed product(s) (specify commodity)	Sales
	$
	$
Total raw and processed product sales	$

8. If any of the products listed in question 7 was pooled, please list the product(s) pooled and pooled sales amount.

a. PRODUCTS POOLED?

$

b. POOLED SALES AMOUNT?

9. If your cooperative sold any farm supplies or equipment, please report sales. (If your association had subsidiaries or branches, base responses on consolidated statements. Estimate if actual records are not available. If your cooperative did not sell any farm supplies or equipment, please go to the next question.)

SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT	SALES
Feed (Complete feeds, ingredients, hay, grains, oilseed meal, etc.) 1	(501) $
Fertilizer (Bagged & bulk; include anhydrous ammonia, lime; etc.)	(503) $
Crop protectants (Herbicides, insecticides, etc.)	(504) $
Other Supplies (Please specify).	( ) $
TOTAL	(513) $

¹ Include value of feed sales under grower contracts. Do not include sales of grains marketed in question 7.

10. Did producers hold membership in your cooperative during fiscal 2006? ( Please check one.)

NO (If "NO," please go to next question.) YES If "YES," how many producer-members were:

(103)

ENTITLED TO VOTE? NUMBER

11. How many farmer cooperatives were entitled to vote for directors

of your organization at the end of fiscal 2006?

(102)

CO-OPS VOTING FOR DIRECTORS OF YOUR CO-OP? NUMBER

12. How many employees did your cooperative operate with during fiscal 2006?

(101)

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES? NUMBER

(972)

PART-TIME AND/OR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES? NUMBER

13. If your cooperative acquired (by purchase or merger) another organization during your past fiscal year, and is the surviving organization, please check a. or b. and complete c. (Otherwise, go to the next question.)

a. PURCHASED b. MERGED

c. Give name and address of the purchased or merged organization and the date it occurred (If more than one, provide name, address, and date occurred on an additional page.):

NAME ADDRESS

DATE OF PURCHASE OR MERGER

Was the other organization a cooperative? NO YES

14. Please enter the names and titles of the chief board officer or chairman and manager or CEO of your cooperative (or of the surviving firm):

a. CHIEF BOARD OFFICER OR CHAIRMAN

b. GENERAL MANAGER OR CEO

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no person is required to respond to a collection of information especially if the form fails to display a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0570-0007. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed and completing and reviewing the information collection.

PLEASE ENCLOSE A COPY OF YOUR FISCAL 2006 ANNUAL OR AUDIT REPORT.

(If you would like your annual or audit report returned to you, please let us know.)

THANK YOU!

Your contribution to this effort is greatly appreciated. A copy of our report will be sent to you.

BARGAINING, 2006