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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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
