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Ag Marketing Quiz 5

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One extreme of the marketing channel (simple and short channel)   show
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show Marketing to foreign consumers  
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Farmers, processors, and retailers are _____.   show
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Assemblers and wholesalers tend to be ___ ___.   show
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show Growing size of farms; concentration in processing and retailing  
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show Assemblers  
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show Processors  
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show Wholesalers  
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Supermarkets, restaurants, fast food, bakeries and cafes   show
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show Assemblers  
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Other options for processors to sell to larger-volume retailers:   show
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show farmer's markets; vertically integrated farms; farmer's cooperatives  
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Firms that perform that function (assembling, wholesaling) are increasingly OWNED or CONTROLLED by farmers, processors, or retailers but they can also be INDEPENDENT   show
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If an intermediary is independent they can be:   show
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show Monopolistic Competition  
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Arrange transactions for a commission but do not take ownership or finance customers   show
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Do take ownership and consequently bear the risk of price and product deterioration but also benefit for any price increases   show
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show Leadership  
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The firm in a marketing channel that initiates changes in products, procedures, practices, promotion, and prices. Motivates others in the channel to go along.   show
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show Processors and Retailers  
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Wholesaler is trying to sell at ___ price.   show
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show Lowest  
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Behavior can be both ___ and ___.   show
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show External Event  
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show Internal Event  
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How do packers benefit from the economies of scale?   show
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show 80%  
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Three means of obtaining channel leadership:   show
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Conditions for brand success:   show
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show National brands  
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show Private labels  
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A highly regulated institution where contracts for future purchases and/or sale of commodities are exchanged   show
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A ____ is undifferentiated, standardized, and unbranded.   show
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show Pricing, risk-shifting, provision of financing, market information  
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Futures market provides a mechanism by which users (farmers, processors, retailers, elevators) can establish prices for commodities at some point in the future   show
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show Risk-shifting  
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Futures markets are used to reduce price risk- lenders often require some hedging program before they will lend you money   show
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show Market Information  
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show Commodity  
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A commitment to make or take ownership of a specific quantity and quality of a given commodity at a predetermined place and time in the future   show
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Uncertainty due to volatile price swings   show
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A futures contract specifies:   show
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show Protect  
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What does a hedge protect?   show
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Who is a futures hedger?   show
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show By establishing a futures position that is "equal and opposite" to the current cash market position  
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Why hedge?   show
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