Cooperative Strategy, Structure, and Finance
November 18-19, 2008
St. Paul, MN
Crowne Plaza St. Paul - Riverfront
Equity and capital management issues continue to drive major strategic decisions by today’s farmer cooperatives. To compete in the global marketplace, cooperatives must pursue growth opportunities while assuming the increased risks associated with supply chain cost management pressures.
What innovative structural and financial strategies should cooperatives adopt to meet these challenges, while delivering value to their members? Where will cooperatives find the leadership to develop and execute these initiatives? How can cooperatives effectively plan for change?
This is a unique opportunity to join with cooperative board members, CEOs, and others doing business with agricultural cooperatives to examine issues so critical to cooperative success.
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Farmer Cooperative Conference Sponsors
The following organizations have helped make the Farmer Cooperatives Conference possible through their generous donations to the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives.- Conference Partners
($5,000 - $8,000) - CoBank
- Farm Foundation
- Program Sponsors
($2,000 - $4,999) - CHS Inc.
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Land O'Lakes
- Lindquist & Vennum PLLP
- Stoel Rives LLP
- The Cooperative Foundation
- General Sponsors
($1,000 - $1,999) - Growmark
- National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
- West Central Cooperative
- Contributors
($250 - $999) - Clifton Gunderson