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Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?
- From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:06:37 -0500
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
The world has enough for everyone's need,
but not enough for everyone's greed.
Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.
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[Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?,
John Paul Endicott, 03/27/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?,
Pat Meadows, 03/27/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?,
Elaine Granata, 03/27/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?,
Marcy, 03/31/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?, Elaine Granata, 03/31/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?,
Marcy, 03/31/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?, Road's End Farm, 03/31/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?,
Marcy, 03/31/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?,
Elaine Granata, 03/27/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?, breck, 03/27/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?, sunnfarm, 03/27/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] How do you determine market/wholesale price?,
Pat Meadows, 03/27/2009
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