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the food marketing industry. Questions were framed based on data from the U.S. Department of Commerce's "County Business …
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Analysis of data collected from a questionnaire survey of randomly selected Tennessee nursery businesses revealed that wholesalers and retailers differed significantly in their stated reasons for attending and participating in industry trade shows. When controlled for business size (gross...
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Dramatic increases in concentration in the seed business, coupled with aggressive efforts to vertically integrate the agricultural sector and to institute contract-based production of commodities, have raised questions about the economic position of producers. Disparate positions of market power...
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Stochastic simulation of daily slaughter level was used in conjunction with an estimated packing plant cost curve to assess potential reductions in processing costs due to improved vertical coordination between feedlots and packing plants. Results indicate that processing cost reductions of $1...
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U.S. agriculture is undergoing a tidal wave of change in its structure. A shift to supply chains and away from commodities and commodity markets is the hallmark of this new wave. The new agriculture of the 21st century will bring with it a new geography that may be nothing short of a revolution...
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the industry include a fragmented marketing channel and mistrust among its many participants, lack of specificity in … other sectors of the agricultural industry and have increased consumer demand while also providing production and marketing …
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The structural changes that will impact agriculture over the next decade will be profound. The economic benefits of the dual dimensions of industrialization of agriculture-implementation of a manufacturing approach to the food and industrial product production and distribution chain, and...
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Food safety problems such as the BSE and dioxin crises focused attention on traceability systems and the certification of such systems. This study analyzes the status and perspectives of traceability systems and certification schemes, and reviews their potential costs and benefits. Results...
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to the effect of participation in marketing and supply cooperatives on the success of small farms. Using modified net … participation in marketing and supply cooperatives is positively correlated with success. Further, analysis findings indicate farm …
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about consumers' WTP and to identify potential marketing strategies for the introduction of the disease-resistant tree. On …, and income had significant effects on the WTP. Marketing implications include the need to provide information at the point …
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