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A STRAWBERRY MARKETING IN KENTUCKY — 1959
By Willard H. Minton
Department of Agricultural Economics
Fourteen local strawberry assembly markets served Kentucky farmers
l in 1959. These 14 markets were; (1) Cincinnati Produce Growers Association,
Cincinnati, Ohio; (2) Cumberland Strawberry Growers Association, Somerset,
Ky.; (3) East Kentucky Strawberry Growers Association, Paintsville, Ky.;
(4) Edmonson Growers Cooperative Association, Brownsville, Ky.; (5) Fern
- Creek Strawberry Growers, Fern Creek, Ky.; (6) Hunt‘s Strawberry .
Franklin, Ky.; (7) Green River Growers Association, Greenville, Ky.;
(8) Independent Strawberry Growers Cooperative Association, Bowling Green,
Ky.; (9) Kentucky Growers Strawberry Association, Somerset, Ky.; (10)
I Kentucky Mountain Growers Cooperative Association, Morehead, Ky.; (11)
Logan County Fruit and Vegetable Market, Russellville, Kyg; (12) McCracken
County Strawberry Growers Association, Paducah, Ky.; (13) Oakland Straw-
_ berry Growers Association, Oakland, Ky.; and (14) Trimble County Growers
Association, Bedford, Ky. Of these markets 10 are cooperatives and 4 are
independents. Nine of these local nqarkets provided for the sale of fresh
' market berries only. Five of the markets, (2), *6), (9), (11), and (12), pro-
vided for the sale of processing berries in addition to fresh market berries.
Approximately 30, OOO, l6— quart crates (includes 24~quart sales con-
vertedto a 16—quart equivalent) we re sold through these markets as fresh
berries in 1959. The grades for the berries by percentages were as follows:
79 percent U. S. No. 1, 18 percert U. S. No. ll, and 3 percent Unclassified.
A11 marketing costs and cost of crates were accounted for to give the
I grower a take--Jhorrie price for fresh ber ries. The average take -home price
for berries sold in loequart crates was $3. 53 with a range of $1. 87 to $4. 97
° for local markets within the stater Tle aver age take»·horne price for berries
e sold in 24 ·quart crates was $4. 95 with a range of $3. 42 to $5. 91 for local
markets within the state. Table I shows a breakdown by crate size and grades
for strawberry marketingin 1959 ·
The marketing cost at the local assenibly market level for l6—quart
crates averaged 27..4 cents per crate with a range of 12. 2 cents to 59. O cents
per crate for local markets within. the state The average local assembly
marketing cost for 24aquart crates was 53, 3 cents per crate with a range of
P 14.. 6 cents to 89. 7 cents for local rnarkets withir tle stater
UNlVERSlTY OF KENTUCKY
AGRJCULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Lexington