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Changing Produce Marketing Barriers: A Comparison Among Three Southern States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

David B. Eastwood ,
John R. Brooker ,
Charles R. Hall ,
Alice J. Rhea ,
Edmund A. Estes  and
Timothy A. Woods
David B. Eastwood
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
John R. Brooker
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Charles R. Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Alice J. Rhea
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Edmund A. Estes
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Timothy A. Woods
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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Abstract

Produce growers in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee were surveyed in 2002 to gather information about their decision making in the areas of planting, postharvest handling, marketing, and expected changes. North Carolina has proportionately more respondents with large operations, and Kentucky and Tennessee were more similar and concentrated in smaller farms. Tennessee and Kentucky respondents were less likely to have engaged in activities that were associated with the commercial distribution system. Greater reliance on the commercial distribution system on the part of North Carolina growers is consistent with more produce export activity.

Keywords

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Invited Paper Sessions
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , August 2003 , pp. 297 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2003

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