industries. Commodities involved in the study are fruits and vegetables, milk and other dairy products, poultry and eggs, grain …This study compares the growth of cooperatives with noncooperative. counterparts in seven marketing and distribution …, feed, fertilizer, and petroleum. The cooperatives marketing milk and other dairy products and those distributing fertilizer …

for fruits and vegetables together using a trade-weighted arithmetic average of 1989 to 1992 wholesale prices of selected … on prices of fruits and vegetables and to determine the hedging effectiveness of potential futures contracts written on … these indexes. Twenty representative fruits and vegetables were chosen to compile indexes for fruits, for vegetables, and …

healthy weight, but the diets are also rich in fats, particularly saturated fats, sugars and sodium, and poor in fruits and … vegetables. These unhealthy diets are present in both rural and urban areas and in households at different income levels. These …

products, and red meats. Since the signing of the agreement, U.S. total agricultural commodity trade with NAFTA members has … trading partner's excess demand and excess supply, is used to study the impact of NAFTA on trade, controlling for other trade …This paper examines the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on agricultural commodity trade using …

also significantly increased the variety of fruits and vegetables in diets. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B …

U.S. imports of most fruits and vegetables are subject to regulations administered by the USDA's Animal and Plant …