Farm-retail price spreads and the farmer's share of the consumer's dollar have long been the concern of both producers and consumers, as well as legislative bodies and other public policy groups. The farm-retail price spread for many farm products is a large part of the retail price—about...

Statistics on the marketing bill for agricultural products presented in this article supplement and amplify those originally prepared by the author for the chapter "How Much Does Marketing Cost Us?" published in Marketing—The Yearbook of Agriculture, 1954 (pp. 14-18). In the article...

The United States Department of Agriculture has long published statistics on the farmer's share of the consumer's food dollar based on a "market-basket" series. Questions frequently arise as to the interpretation of these statistics. This article describes the meaning of this series and...