Posted 2/26/2014 10:19 (#3717776 - in reply to #3717506) Subject: RE: Everyone complains about the middleman, so ...
Pittsburg, Kansas
One of our local coops did cash out my dad's retained earnings probably 10 or 15 years before he died. So some coop's do actually return retained earnings eventually. I think their reasoning is if the coop is doing well enough where it can afford it, they try to cash out retained earnings around retirement age or a few years later. Of course if they don't have it to spare, not going to get it.