Cooperative Unification: Highlights From 1989 To Early 1999

This report describes cooperative unification activities, It discusses unification as a means of strategic positioning for cooperatives, given changing industry trends and conditions, and identifies the implications of unification and potential subsequent strategies. Highlights of unification activities, most of them among well-known cooperatives, are described for the 1 O-year period, January 1989 - April 1999. Selected activities are cataloged in the appendix, listed by date, naming the cooperatives involved with a brief description of what the unification entailed.