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Relative Profitability of Vine-Ripe Tomatoes in North Carolina and Tennessee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Gene A. Mathia  and
John R. Brooker
Gene A. Mathia
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
John R. Brooker
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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The ability of a farmer or group of farmers in a region to produce a specific product profitably depends on the structure of costs of production and marketing and demands of all competing crops. The final decision to grow a particular product is made on the basis of its profitability relative to profitabilities of other alternatives. Relative profitability of a product changes as technological innovations affect yields, resource requirements and production efficiency. Factors affecting demand for resource inputs and products cause changes in profitabilities. Institutional factors can also necessitate adjustments in farm plans by influencing price and/or production of specific products and thereby affecting the profitability of one product relative to other product alternatives.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , December 1977 , pp. 121 - 127
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1977

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