Iowa Turkey Growers and West Liberty Foods
Mary Swalla Holmes and Daniel Curry
March 2003

Livestock, Wool, Poultry, and Meat Cooperatives Function, Marketing, and Services
Research Report 118. 35 pgs. 1993. T. Fred White, Jr,
USDA Rural Development

New Generation Cooperatives Case Study: Golden Oval
by Patricia Buschette, New Generation Cooperatives: Case Studies, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, 2000

New Generation Cooperatives Case Study: Iowa Turkey Growers Cooperatives and West Liberty Foods
by Mary Swalla Holmes and Daniel Curry, New Generation Cooperatives: Case Studies, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, 2000

Saving an Industry: Plant closure leads Michigan growers to form new turkey cooperative
by Laura Moser Rural Cooperatives May/June 2000

Young livestock and poultry co-ops share goal to strengthen producers' role in marketplace
by Dan Campbell, Rural Cooperatives May/June 2001