farmers cooperative

noun

1. an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.

Example Sentences

Over his Times career, from 1968 to 2006, Mr. Severo won a coveted George Polk award from Long Island University in 1975 for his reports that millions of gallons of milk produced by a New York State dairy farmers’ cooperative, one of the largest in the nation, had been watered down with powdered skim milk for more than five years while being sold as whole milk.

From New York Times

Arla, the dairy farmers' cooperative, says costs shot up by as much as 80% last year and absorbing those kinds of increases is challenging.

From BBC

Mr Kinyua, a member of the Mutira Farmers Cooperative in Kenya's Kirinyaga County, adds that higher temperatures attract more pests and diseases, raising the cost of protecting his produce.

From BBC

Griffith spent his working career managing a farmers cooperative.

From Washington Post

This spring, Yongvang started the Washington Hmong Farmers Cooperative, a nonprofit helping members seeking to buy farmland and secure their long-term business prospects instead of having to rely on leases that could end on short notice.

From Seattle Times