51.   The result is that Long-Term Credit will not forgive any debts, and the agricultural cooperatives will be in trouble.

52.   The rest of the money would come from the financial institutions that founded the housing lenders and the agricultural cooperatives that were their biggest lenders.

53.   The Salvadorans joined agricultural cooperatives, set up work committees, cleared land and erected temporary shelters.

54.   The ruling involved an investigation into the actions of former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, who had been accused of taking illegal gifts from a California agricultural cooperative.

55.   They have formed agricultural cooperatives and raised funds to give small loans to women starting modest businesses.

56.   When the loans soured, that meant that the major banks and agricultural cooperatives have been left holding the bag along with the housing lenders.

57.   With property prices still rising, funds kept flowing to the housing lenders -- particularly from the agricultural cooperatives.

58.   Agricultural cooperatives already hire outside workers.

59.   Farmers could take a major step towards pulling themselves out of poverty if they could learn to manage their agricultural cooperatives more efficiently.