Collection of data for economics studies frequently is a time-consuming and expensive process. This is particularly true of studies of plants that process and distribute agricultural products. During the last 2 years the Agricultural Marketing Service has been experimenting with a low-cost...

The effectiveness with which the price-making process functions is of major significance in the marketing of farm products. As developments cause changes in location of trading, number and kinds of buyers and sellers, or other attributes of market structure, their importance to the economy calls...