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020			_a9780130105844
020			_a0130105848
082			_a338.1 _bKOH
100			_aKohls, Richard L.
245			_aMarketing of agricultural products
250			_a9th ed.
260			_aUpper Saddle River, NJ : _bPrentice Hall, _c©2002.
300			_axv, 544 pages : _billustrations, maps ;
500			_aIndex annexed
505			_a I. THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MARKETING PROBLEM. 1. Introduction to Food Marketing. 2. Analyzing Agricultural and Food Markets. 3. Agricultural Production and Marketing. II. FOOD MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS. 4. Food Consumption and Marketing. 5. Food Processing and Manufacturing. 6. Food Wholesaling and Retailing. 7. The International Food Market. III. PRICES AND MARKETING COSTS. 8. Price Analysis and the Exchange Function. 9. Competition in Food Markets. 10. Farm and Food Prices. 11. Food Marketing Costs. IV. FUNCTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES. 12. The Changing Organization of Food Markets. 13. Cooperatives in the Food Industry. 14. Market Development and Demand Expansion. 15. Market and Bargaining Power. 16. Market Information. 17. Standardization and Grading. 18. Transportation. 19. Storage. 20. Risk Management and the Futures Market. V. THE GOVERNMENT AND FOOD MARKETING. 21. Government, Price, Income and Marketing Programs. 22. Food Marketing Regulations. VI. COMMODITY MARKETING. 23. Livestock and Meat Marketing. 24. Milk and Dairy Product Marketing. 25. Poultry and Egg Marketing. 26. Grain Marketing. 27. Cotton and Textile Marketing. 28. Tobacco and Tobacco Product Marketing. 29. Fruit and Vegetable Marketing. Glossary. Index.
520			_a Suitable for beginning-level food marketing courses in departments of agricultural economics, this book provides instructors with a treatment of food marketing systems. It blends marketing and economic theory with real world analytical tools in order to assist students in understanding the food system and making useful marketing decisions.
650			_aProduce trade.
650			_aFarm produce -- Marketing.
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