Wool Pools -- Organization, Practices, Services, and Problems

Dale W. Wilson

No 316653, Farmer Cooperative Research Report (FCRR) from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: Objectives of the study reported here are: (1) To describe the organization and operation of wool pools and their marketing policies, services, and practices; (2) to determine the importance of wool pools in wool marketing; (3) to ascertain operating costs by function and by volume of business; (4) to ascertain attitudes of producers and buyers; (5) to determine opportunities for improving organization, policies, and operating services and practices; and (6) to evaluate the efficiency of wool pools as related to price determination, marketing, producer incomes, and other services. A primary purpose of this report is to furnish information about wool pools as a mechanism in wool marketing.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 64
Date: 1965-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.316653

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