TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rhodes,V.James
AU  - Dauve,Jan
AU  - Parcell,Joseph L.
TI  - The agricultural marketing system
SN  - 9781890871680 (pbk.)
U1  - 630.688 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Scottsdale, Ariz.
PB  - Holcomb Hathaway
KW  - Farm produce
KW  - United States
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Agricultural marketing: an introduction -- The competitive environment -- Functions, structure, and alternatives in the agricultural marketing system -- Price determination: matching quantities supplied and demanded -- The domestic market: a developed economy -- The international market -- Pricing and exchange systems and alternatives within the marketing procurement channel -- Providing the optimum varieties and qualities -- Place and time aspects of marketing -- Understanding and applying hedging using futures, options, and basis -- Participation and leadership in the marketing procurement channels -- Marketing by farmer groups: collective action -- Processor procurement systems -- Processor marketing -- Wholesalers, retailers and food service marketing
ER  -