This paper examines the use of market consultants and market information systems by grain and cotton producers. A model of producer demand for marketing information and consultants is proposed that decomposes price received into exogenous and endogenous components. The analysis is based on a survey of over 1,600 producers. The results suggest that expenditures on market information systems and ...

Highly specific seed market classes for cowpea and other grain legumes exist because grain is most commonly cooked and consumed whole. Size, shape, color, and texture are critical features of these market classes and breeders target development of cultivars for market acceptance. Resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses that are absent from elite breeding material are often introgressed throug...

Cooperative business relationships are dramatically changing the structure of the North American agri-food sector. An examination of recent events in the grain industry reveals the extent to which cooperative ventures are becoming integrated into international agribusiness. When Cargill decided to expand its presence in Canada it participated in several joint ventures, one with Hazzard Farm Ser...

In a marketing environment, the demand conditions, the costs of shipping and storing grain varieties, the interest rate on farm loans, and the distribution of cropland in the area are important determinants of growers’ planting decisions. In this article, I focus on a market for two quality-differentiated agricultural commodities: one produced with the use of biotechnology and the other, withou...

Relevance . The grain market is one of the key sectors agro-industrial complex and important for development entire economy country. In Russia, there are many problems associated with pricing in market, including uneven distribution agricultural producers across country an underdeveloped infrastructure storing transporting grain. Thus, this article relevant modern business conditions. Methods G...

Poor access to agricultural market information is a major factor constraining the performance of agricultural markets in developing countries. The search for new strategies for resolving this constraint has led to several ICT-based market information service (MIS) projects in developing countries. At the same time, the rapid penetration of new generation ICT tools (especially mobile phones) has...

The aim of this paper is to identify the potential Ukrainian grain transport route through Poland, and predict effects using for domestic market. Analytical methods are used in research, including SWOT analysis variant analysis. It found that, even with a certain organizational investment effort, Poland may be, at most, significant supplement other export routes. available transport, reloading,...