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REGIONAL PROJECTS 



NCM-13 Quality-Price-Yield Relationship of Sweet Corn for 



Processing / To (1) determine the relationship of prices 

 and pricing methods of raw sweet corn to the quality and 

 yield at the farm level; (2) determine the relationship 

 of prices and pricing methods of raw sweet corn to the 

 quality and yield of canned sweet corn} and (3) evaluate 

 present methods of selling raw sweet corn by growers to 

 processors. 



Minn. I-B. 



NCM-15 Potato Grade-Price Relationships in the North Central 

 Region ! To (1) develop principles that will assist the 

 grower in marketing the best combination of grades of 

 potatoes; (2) improve grower returns through the use of 

 grades and grade combinations that more nearly reflect 

 market demands; and (3) determine the effect of grades 

 and grade combinations on prices for different lots of 

 potatoes which are sent from shipping points in various 

 States but compete in the same terminal markets. 



Nebr. I-D; N. Dak. I-C; Ohio I-D. 



NCM-2U Quality Relationships in Marketing Fresh Tomatoes . 

 PHA.SE I: An objective evaluation of market quality in 

 relation to grading. PHASE II: A study of quality-yield- 

 price relationship of fresh tomatoes produced in tne North 

 Central States. To determine (1) how tomatoes grown in 

 this region are influenced by harvest and handling prac- 

 tices; and (2) whether yield, grade quality relationships 

 ana costs of marketing practices justify the commercial 

 production of tomatoes for the fresh market in the North 

 Central Region. PHASE III: An evaluation of tomato quality 

 available during the marketing season in the North Central 

 States. To (1) determine the quality of tomatoes offered 

 for sale in the markets of the North Central States during 

 the season that tomatoes are being marketed from this area; 

 (2) obtain data on price differentials as influenced by 

 quality and supply interaction; and (3) determine handler 

 preference. 



111. I-F. 



(See also Part 22, Sec. a, Ind.) 



