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Farmer Trust in Producer- and Investor-owned Firms: Evidence from Missouri Corn and Soybean ProducersHarvey S. James Jr.University of Missouri at Columbia - Agricultural and Applied Economics Michael E. SykutaUniversity of Missouri at Columbia - Contracting and Organizations Research Institute (CORI); University of Missouri at Columbia - Division of Applied Social Sciences November 2004 CORI Working Paper No. 2004-14 Abstract: We examine whether cooperatives are characterized by greater trust than investor-owned firms. We survey 2000 Missouri corn and soybean farmers and find that trust and farmer perceptions of honesty and competence are higher in cooperatives than in investor-owned firms and that trust is a significant factor explaining the choice of farmers to market to cooperatives rather than investor-owned firms. Interestingly, we find that trust is more significant in producers' decisions for marketing soybeans than for corn.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 33 Keywords: Trust, agricultural cooperatives, agribusinesses, farmer marketing decisions JEL Classification: Q13, Z13 working papers seriesDate posted: November 12, 2004Suggested CitationContact Information
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