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agricultural cooperative

 
 
noun [C] (also farmers’ co-op) PRODUCTION

Definition

an organization in which many small farms work together as a business, especially to help each other produce and sell their crops: Farmers with common interests often organize through agricultural cooperatives to strengthen their market power.
(Definition of agricultural cooperative noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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