including seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, fuel, and farm machinery. Some supply cooperatives operate machinery pools that provide mechanical field services (e.g., plowing, harvesting) to their members. Examples Australia Co-operative Bulk Handling Limited Westralian Farmers Co‐operative Limited Canada Farmers' Storehouse Company United Farmers of Alberta Farmers of North America France Agrial (Normandy) Terrena (Pays de la Loire) Vivescia Israel Granot central cooperative Japan Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Ukraine Ukrainian cooperative movement United States Landisville Produce Co-op, established 1914 Rockingham Cooperative, established in 1921 MFA Incorporated Darigold Organic Valley National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Southern States Cooperative Farmers Cooperative Association, Inc.; Frederick, Maryland Ocean Spray (cooperative) Land O'Lakes Michigan Sugar Sunkist Wilco stores (Oregon) Grange Cooperative Netherlands Avebe Agrico Agrifirm Marketing cooperatives Agricultural marketing cooperatives are cooperative businesses owned by farmers, to undertake transformation, packaging, distribution, and marketing of farm products (both crop and livestock.) New Zealand New Zealand has a strong history of agricultural cooperatives, dating back to the late 19th century. The first was the small Otago Peninsula Co-operative Cheese Factory Co. Ltd, started in 1871 at Highcliff on the Otago Peninsula. With active support by the New Zealand government, and small cooperatives being suitable in isolated areas, cooperatives quickly began to dominate the industry. By 1905, dairy cooperatives were the main organisational structure in the industry. In the 1920s–'30s, there were around 500 co-operative dairy companies compared to less than 70 that were privately owned. However, after World War II, with the advent of improved transportation, processing technologies and energy systems, a trend to merge dairy cooperatives occurred. By the late 1990s, there were two major cooperatives: the Waikato-based New Zealand Dairy Group and the Taranaki-based Kiwi Co-operative Dairies. In 2001 these two cooperatives, together with the New Zealand Dairy Board, merged to form Fonterra. This mega-merger was supported by the New Zealand Government as part of broader dairy industry deregulation, which allowed other companies to directly export dairy products. Two smaller cooperatives did not join Fonterra, preferring to remain independent – the Morrinsville-based Tatua Dairy Company and Westland Milk Products on the West Coast of the South Island. The other main agricultural co-operatives in New Zealand are in the meat and fertiliser industries. The meat industry, which has struggled at times, has proposed various mergers similar to the creation of Fonterra; however, these have failed to gain the necessary member support. Canada In Canada, the most important cooperatives of this