[Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?
Elaine Granata
elainegranata at msn.com
Fri Mar 27 13:00:05 EDT 2009
Pat/All: Thanks for the reminder about the Rodale price list. My problem
is that in Denver there isn't anything close enough to be pertinent and
there are lots of veggies that I grow that aren't on there.
Elaine
Denver
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Meadows" <pat at meadows.pair.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:34:00 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>I'm working on a cost/price analysis for a local co-ops farm and it got me
>>wondering how most small farms determine their prices. Do you factor
>>expenses and costs that go into the product? Do you generally follow the
>>average market price? Do you factor in organic/local/no chemical into the
>>price?
>>
>>I further started thinking about some sort of online survey- or a website-
>>where local farmers could go to get average prices in their region and for
>>the country. What do heirloom tomatoes sell for this year? How much does
>>mixed green go per pound? Would this be helpful?
>>
>>Let me know how you figure out your selling prices? I'm very curious.
>>
>
> See: http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/Organic-Price-Report
>
> This is a report on (specifically) organic produce, but maybe it will be
> of
> some use to you.
>
> Pat
> -- North-Central Pennsylvania, USA
> www.meadows.pair.com/articleindex.html
>
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>
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