@article{Faber:312125,
      recid = {312125},
      author = {Faber, Fred L.  and Pedersen, John R. and Gerald, John O.  },
      title = {Reporting Egg Prices at Shipping Points in Iowa and  Minnesota  },
      address = {1961-01},
      number = {2393-2021-1821},
      series = {Marketing Research Report No. 445},
      pages = {54},
      year = {1961},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  The object of the research  project reported here was to test the feasibility of  developing periodic reports of prices received for eggs by  country-point dealers in the Midwest.  Prior to this study,  there was no published report at that trading level in the  Midwest.  Price reports on eggs covered only prices paid to  farmers and prices at wholesale or other levels of trading,  in various cities such as New York, Chicago, and St. Louis.   To determine the feasibility of establishing a  country-point price report for shell eggs, the following  criteria were used; (1) Information on transactions to be  included in a particular report must be accurate, and  fairly uniform as to the more significant terms of trade,  product characteristics, and time of sale; (2) prices and  other conditions of sale for a significant proportion of  these transactions must be subject to independent  negotiation; (3) it must be feasible to obtain and report  these prices promptly; and (4) the information reported  must be potentially useful for decision making in the  industry.  The method of investigation involved two stages;  (1) An initial survey of egg dealers to obtain information  on their selling and pricing practices and on the terms and  conditions of sale on their last two shipments, and (2)  initiation of an experimental price report to test the  feasibility of collecting and reporting prices on a current  basis.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/312125},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.312125},
}