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  • From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Produce auction
  • Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 05:46:42 -0500


Can you please tell more about the produce auction - how big a region does
it serve, what is the farthest that you ship the produce, what kind of
organization/structure do you need to carry it out, how are the proceeds
distributed, etc.

Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta <gutierrez-lagatta AT home.com>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 4:19 AM
Subject: Produce auction


> Our auction is the largest of its kind in the USA, its been well
> established over the last 40 years, there are hundreds of farmers who
> deliver quantities of anywere of 10-1000 crates a day and loads are
> combined to make trailer loads by the produce brokers to fill orders for
> supermarkets, our success is due to are ability to fill the orders from
> local production, every thing must be fresh picked and auctioned off the
> same day, if for some reason the load dosn't match the quality of the
> sample the farmer will never stand a chance to sell next time.
>
> When you sell your surplus at auction what type of price do you get
> compared to direct sales? Is there dumping going on where produce is
> sold below cost to unload it? How do you control a downward spiral of
> prices based on previous sales?
>
> Are auctions the way produce is sold on the West coast too, I wonder?
>
> Adriana Gutierrez
> Sarasota, FL
>
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