Cost of Storing and Handling Cotton at Public Storage Facilities, 1972/73 and 1974/75
Chandler, Whitman M., Jr.; Ghetti, Joseph L.
1977

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Abstract

Report Introduction: The cotton warehouse industry occupies an important position in the present system of marketing American cotton. Beginning in 1962, the Economic Research Service has conducted periodic studies to determine the costs associated with the storing and handling of cotton. Results of these studies have been used by the Commodity Credit Corporation and representatives of the cotton industry in negotiating rates to be paid warehousemen for the storing and handling of Government-owned or controlled cotton. The last study was conducted for the 1972/73 season and the results published in June 1974. The present study covers the costs associated with the 1974/75 season.

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Title
Cost of Storing and Handling Cotton at Public Storage Facilities, 1972/73 and 1974/75
Author(s)
Chandler, Whitman M., Jr.
Ghetti, Joseph L.
Subject(s)
Issue Date
1977-02
Publication Type
Report
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.344566
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/344566
Language
English
Total Pages
40
Note
For this study, questionnaires were mailed to the 51 compresses and 16 warehouses that participated in the 1972/73 study. Followup letters were sent to correspondents and, in some instances, telephone calls were made to the owners or plant managers who had not returned the questionnaire. Because of insufficient data, inability to contact owners or plant managers, and other factors, 25 firms were deleted from the sample. The remaining 32 compresses and 10 warehouses represent about 22 percent of the approved capacity of the universe and about 8 percent of the total number of plants.
Series Statement
AGERS-24
Record Appears in
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > Economic Research Service > Miscellaneous Publications

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