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RECENT CHANGES IN MARKETING AND TRADE PRACTICES IN THE U.S. LETTUCE AND FRESH-CUT VEGETABLE INDUSTRIES

Handy, Charles R.; Thompson, Gary D.; Glaser, Lewrene K. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2001

Fifteen lettuce and bagged salad shippers were interviewed as part of a larger study on changes in produce marketing …

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Producers Export Company: The Beginnings Of Cooperative Grain Exporting

Reynolds, Bruce - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980

Formation of the Producers Export Company (PEC) in 1958 was a first attempt by grain cooperatives to develop an export merchandising program. PEC's nationwide membership had different export needs and financial resources which imposed constraints on PEC's strategy and operations. A lack of...

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Cooperative Farm Fertilizer Costs

Vogelsang, Donald L. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1979

Farmers buying plant food from cooperatives paid 8 percent less per ton than those buying from other firms. On the average, farmers paid $361 per ton of nutrient from cooperatives in 1975, compared with the $392 they paid noncooperatives. This price differential of $31 a ton saved cooperative...

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Machinery Leasing And Custom Services By Cooperatives And Other Dealers

Biser, Lloyd C. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1979

When earnings decline in the face of rising production costs, farmers may find leasing and renting more attractive than owning their equipment. This-study provides information to cooperative machinery dealers and production credit associations on the benefits, drawbacks, and potential of leasing...

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Future Role Of Cooperatives In Marketing Beans, Peas, And Lentils

Smith, Art - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980

Pulse production in the United States has become geographically specific and concentrated, and the marketing channels … proprietary marketing firms which are vertically integrated as national packagers and exporters, and procure directly from pulse … pulses, merging regional marketing agencies into a single national cooperative marketing agency in common, and/or by …

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