 Prices and Spreads for Selected Fruits Sold Fresh in Major Markets, 1967/68 - 1973/74Alfred J. Burns and Joseph C. Podany No 307539, Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Abstract: Prices and spreads are presented for Washington Red Delicious apples, eastern Red Delicious apples, midwestern Jonathan apples, Washington Winesap apples, Florida grapefruit, California Thompson Seedless grapes, California lemons, Florida oranges, California navel oranges, and California Valencia oranges, all sold fresh in major markets for six marketing seasons -- 1967/68 to 1972/73. Prices and spreads for 1973/74 are also presented for Florida grapefruit, and all apples, and oranges except California Valencia. Seasonal average retail price, shipping point price, and the total marketing spread for all fruits covered increased during 1967/68-1972/73. The weighted average retail price increased 17 percent, from 22.4 cents a pound in 1967/68 to 26.3 cents in 1972/73. Shipping point price (grower and packer return) increased 8 percent, from 10o6 cents a pound in 1967/68 to 11.4 cents in 1972/73, The total marketing spread increased 26 percent, from 11.8 cents a pound in 1967/68 to 14.9 cents in 1972/73. Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uerser:307539 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC. |
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