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Creating Scarcity From Abundance: Bumper Harvests, High Prices, And The Role Of State Interventions In Zambian Maize Markets

Kuteya, Auckland N.; Sitko, Nicholas J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

From 2010 through 2012 harvest seasons, Zambian farmers produced three consecutive maize bumper harvests. The total maize production during this period was 8.6 million metric tonness, of which 4.6 million metric tonnes was a marketable surplus (CSO/MAL various years). This far exceeded the...

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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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Agricultural Exports By Cooperatives

Hirsch, Donald E. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1979

about marketing channels, foreign offices and representatives, d,el1very and payment terms of sale, and modes of …

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U.S. Grain Standards and Related Matters

Kiser, Harvey L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State … - 1989

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Impact of Agricultural Market Information Systems Activities on Market Performance in Mozambique: Mozambique Country Report

Kizito, Andrew M.; Donovan, Cynthia; Staatz, John M. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

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Cotton Ginning Charges, Harvesting Practices, and Selected Marketing Costs, 1980/81 Season

Glade Jr., Edward H.; Cole, Ron - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1981

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Marketing Manitoba Hay to Wisconsin and Kentucky

Thompson, Laura; Rudstrom, Margaretha - Agricultural Economics Department, University of Manitoba - 1998

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