摘要：Recent changes in dairy industry structure and policy have brought the role ofcooperatives into question. Analysis of milk marketing institutions and their association withcooperative marketing functions sheds light the interdependency of government involvement inmilk marketing. We examine the role of cooperatives to determine whether cooperative marketpower can substitute for public policy power. The ability of cooperatives to maintainmembership and balancing services depends critically on the dairy policies in place today. Inabsence of milk marketing orders, we find it likely that cooperatives will be unable to maintainthese services.
