Marketing Research Report, Issues 568-605Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1963 |
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE aisle ammonia automatic average bagging blending tank butterfat buttermilk vat buyers carlots cartons casers cheese cheese mites chocolate drink cleaning coffee cream cold room containers conveyor cooler cooling costs display empty lugs equipment farms feed magazine Figure filler fruit growers handtrucks heat HTST system labor layer layout load temperature located malathion man-hour methods milk and milk milk products mites mixing and blending operations packaging pallets pasteurization peanuts Percent Percent plant handling pounds Prepackager produce backroom produce department pump raisins raw milk raw-milk storage tanks Receiver-jobber receiving refrigeration relative humidity repacker reported retail Rio Grande Valley sample sea-land shipments shipped skids sorting space square feet stack station storage room surge tank tank trucks thermostat thermostat setting tomatoes trailer transport trays trim station trimming truck truck-rail U. S. DEPARTMENT valve volume Wholesale handlers wirebound crates workers
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Page 16 - ... cooperative associations; and cooperates with educational agencies, cooperative associations and others in the dissemination of information relating to cooperative principles and practices.
Page 16 - THE Farmer Cooperative Service conducts research studies and service activities of assistance to farmers in connection with cooperatives engaged in marketing farm products, purchasing farm supplies, and supplying business services. The work of the Service relates to problems of management, organization, policies, financing, merchandising, product quality, costs, efficiency, and membership.
Page 8 - Delivered sale" shall be deemed to mean that the commodity quoted or sold is to be delivered by the seller on board car, or on dock if delivered by boat, at the market in which the buyer is located, or at such other market as agreed upon, free of any and all charges for transportation or protective service. The seller assumes all risks of loss and damage in transit not caused by the buyer. For example, a sale of "US No. 1 potatoes delivered Chicago...
Page 19 - ... suitable shipping condition', paragraphs (j) and (k) of this section) , and that the buyer assumes all risk of damage and delay in transit not caused by the shipper, irrespective of how the shipment is billed.
Page 20 - Influence of temperature and humidity on mortality and rate of development of immature stages of the mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina: Acaridae) reared on mold cultures.
Page 19 - ... fob California') means that the produce quoted or sold is to be placed free on board the boat, car, or other agency of the through land transportation at shipping point, in suitable shipping condition (see definitions of 'suitable shipping condition...
Page 16 - The paper was developed from research under authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (RMA, title II).
Page 12 - Bressler. 1956. Economic Efficiency in Plant Operations With Special Reference to the Marketing of California Pears . Calif.