H. Transportation, Storage , and Interregional Competition 



Transportation and storage rates and charges ; effect of rate structure 

 on movement of products; truck versus rail; transportation costs and 

 storage as related to price and production patterns; influence of trans- 

 portation cost upon scale of operation of processing plants; interstate 

 trade barriers. 



I. Cooperatives 



Services rendered and charges made; efficiency of operations; member- 

 ship relationships; methods of financing; internal management policies 

 and practices; function and place in the marketing system. 



J. Government Programs 



Public regulation of markets, product quality, and trading practices; 

 impacts of parity formulas, price supports, storage programs, surplus 

 disposal, and special measures to increase consumption on particular 

 commodities and the agricultural economy in general. 



K. Utilization (Economics of) 



Economic feasibility of processing and marketing new products or exist- 

 ing products in new forms and uses; competition between new and estab- 

 lished products and between commodities of agricultural and those of 

 nonagricultural origin; measuring potential demand for new or improved 

 products and services; product development and market testing; economics 

 of waste and byproduct utilization. 



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