What Marketing Costs and Margins Mean to the American Famer
| dc.rights | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.title | What Marketing Costs and Margins Mean to the American Famer | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.description | As an average about 54 cents of the consumer's dollar goes to cover the costs of marketing and is termed in this writing as the marketing margin. The residual 46 cents is the farmers'share or the price paid to the farmer for each dollar spent for retail food commodities. The marketing margin varies to some degree from year to year. This article attempts to explain supply and demand and the cost to market their goods. It was concluded that in 1947 that it was more profitable for farmers to focus upon production and to rely upon marketing agencies. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-14T15:34:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-14T15:34:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1947 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10365/24167 | |
| dc.creator.author | Aakhus, J. E. | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Bimonthly Bulletin; 09:6; Jul/Aug 1947 |