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HortBiz Home Mission Publications Markets / Direct Marketing Organics In Kentucky General Industry Many of the publications are in Adobe Acrobat format Agricultural Economics Horticulture College of Agriculture New Crop Opportunities Center For additional information about this project, please contact Jim Mansfield or Tim Woods. University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics 400 Charles E. Barnhart Bldg. Lexington, KY 40546-0276 Phone: 859-257-5762 Fax: 859-323-1913 Last Update: December 15, 2006

Marketing Fact Sheets * Vegetables * Fruit Production Budgets Case Studies Outlooks Surveys Other Articles Marketing Fact Sheets Marketing Fact Sheets: Vegetables Title Contact Publication/ Revision Date Selected Internet Resources for Herb Marketing Tim Woods September 2005 Fresh Market Snap Beans Tim Woods 2005 Fresh Broccoli Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods March 2005 Cabbage Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Sweet Corn Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Fresh Cucumber Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Edamame Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods March 2002 Eggplant Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Fresh Market Bell Peppers Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Fresh Potato Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 2005 Pumpkin, Winter Squash and Gourd Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Summer Squash Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Fresh Market Tomato Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Marketing Fact Sheets: Fruit Title Contact Publication/ Revision Date Marketing Highbush Blueberries in Kentucky Tim Woods March 2004 2004 Apple Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Blackberry Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Blueberry Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Cantaloupe Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Peach Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Specialty Tree Fruit Marketing Fact Sheet (Pears, Asian Pears, Pawpaws) Tim Woods 2005 Strawberry Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Watermelon Marketing Fact Sheet Tim Woods 2005 Food & Agriculture: Consumer Trends & Opportunities -- Fruits Betty King May 2000 Production Budgets Title or State Contact Pot-in-Pot Nursery System Cash Flow Worksheet (MS Excel), January 2004 Tim Woods and Amy Fulcher, University of Kentucky You must have Miscrosoft Excel to use the Pot-in-Pot Nursery System Cash Flow Worksheet. If you have Wordperfect or have had it or any Corel software on your computer you may currently have Quick View Plus on your computer. If the Pot-in-Pot Nursery System Cash Flow Worksheet opens in Quick View Plus complete the following steps: At the top left portion of the screen click on the Excel icon. It should say "opening copy in Excel" or "open copy in Excel for editing". Select a folder to save the file to that is not the Temporary Internet Files folder or a folder within the Temporary Internet Files folder. Click on the Save button to save the file to the selected folder. The worksheet should now automatically open in Excel. In the future you can work from this saved file on your harddrive. 2002 Blueberry Cost and Return Estimates Summary, February 2003 Jim Mansfield University of Kentucky 2005 Grape Cost and Return Estimates: Summary and Assumptions, November 2005 Tim Woods University of Kentucky Kentucky Strawberry Profitability: Estimated Costs and Returns, 2003 Jim Mansfield University of Kentucky New Crop Opportunities Center Decision Aids (Links to detailed production budgets for blueberry and grape production in Kentucky) Jim Mansfield University of Kentucky 2003 Kentucky Commercial Vegetable Production Budget Updates, April 2003 Jim Mansfield or Tim Woods University of Kentucky Enterprise Budgets Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky 2001 Kentucky Blackberry Cost and Return Estimates (ID-149), July 2002 Tim Woods Vegetable Crop Budgets (Florida) University of Florida, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center, UF/IFAS North Carolina Crop Budgets Herman Sampson North Carolina State University High Density Apple Orchard Management, June 1998 Michael L. Parker, C. Richard Unrath, Charles Safley, and David Lockwood North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Ohio Enterprise Budgets The Ohio State University Hydroponic Vegetable Production: Sample Greenhouse Budget Analysis Spreadsheets Project headed by Dr. Ted Short, Ohio State University's Agricultural Research Center (OARDC) Vegetable and Melon Enterprise Budgets - South Carolina, May 2002 Wilder N. Ferreora or P. James Rathwell, Clemson University Selected Costs and Returns Budgets for Horticultural Food Crops Production/Marketing, January 2001 Charlie O'Dell, Virginia State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Case Studies Title Published / Revised Profiles In Agricultural Entrepreneurship: Bluegrass Blueberries, Edmonton, Ky Matt Ernst November 2002 PROFILES in Agricultural Entrepreneurship: Frozsun Foods Incorporated, Placentia, CA Matt Ernst August 2001 PROFILES in Agricultural Entrepreneurship: Chukar Cherries, Prosser, WA Matt Ernst August 2001 PROFILES in Agricultural Entrepreneurship: Fairview Produce Auction, Inc. Fairview, KY Matt Ernst October 2000 PROFILES in Agricultural Entrepreneurship:Iowa Soy Specialties, LLC, Vinton, IA Matt Ernst August 2000 PROFILES in Agricultural Entrepreneurship:Kight's Pecan Orchard, Kevil, KY Matt Ernst August 2000 PROFILES in Agricultural Entrepreneurship: Purity Foods, Inc., Okemos, MI Matt Ernst August 2000 Outlooks Title Published / Revised 2005 Kentucky Produce Planting Intentions and Outlook Matthew Ernst and Tim Woods May 2005 2004 Kentucky Produce Planting Intentions and Outlook Matthew Ernst and Tim Woods May 2004 2003 Kentucky Produce Planting Intentions and Outlook Matthew Ernst and Tim Woods April 2003 Winter 2000-2001 Horticulture Outlook Matthew Ernst and Tim Woods December 2000 2000 Blackberry Outlook Matthew Ernst September 2000 Surveys Title Contact(s) Conducted Regional Winegrape Marketing and Price Outlook for 2006 Tim Woods and Jim Mansfield December 2006 2006 Kentucky Restaurant Produce Buyer Survey Tim Woods, Matt Ernst, and Jim Mansfield April 28, 2006 2006 Kentucky Produce Planting & Marketing Intentions Survey and Outlook Tim Woods, Matt Ernst, and Jeffrey Herrington October 2006 2004 Nursery Products Buyer Survey Andrea Basham, Matt Ernst, and Tim Woods March 2005 2004 Produce Buyers Survey Tim Woods and Matt Ernst September 2004 2004 Regional Winegrape Price Survey Matt Ernst & Tim Woods September 2004 Kentucky Blueberry Markets Bursting, Consumer Survey Shows Continued Strong Demand Matt Ernst & Tim Woods June 2002 Kentucky Produce Marketing Practices Survey Matt Ernst & Tim Woods November / December 2001 Other Articles Title Contact Published / Revised Drake University Law School: Agricultural Law Publications Website   Kentucky Horticulture Continues Expansion in 2002 Tim Woods 2002 Kentucky Horticulture Continues Expansion in 2002 (This is the accompanying slideshow for this section. It is in MS Powerpoint format and contains 20 slides and is almost 1 MB in size. It will open in a new browser window. When you are finished looking at the slideshow, close the window to return to this page.) Matt Ernst 2002 Pick your own: Nothing to yak around about Matt Ernst 2003 Grape expectations Matt Ernst 2003 Kentucky Horticulture Continues Expansion in 2002 Tim Woods 2002 Kentucky Horticulture Continues Expansion in 2002 (This is the accompanying slideshow for this section. It is in MS Powerpoint format and contains 20 slides and is almost 1 MB in size. It will open in a new browser window. When you are finished looking at the slideshow, close the window to return to this page.) Matt Ernst 2002 Highlights From 2001/02 Kentucky Produce Marketing Surveys Matt Ernst 2002 Kentucky Blueberry Markets Bursting, Consumer Survey Shows Continued Strong Demand Matt Ernst & Tim Woods 2002 Marketing Fall Specialty Crops: Pumpkins Tim Woods and Matt Ernst October 2000 Food & Agriculture: Consumer Trends & Opportunities -- Vegetables Betty King May 2000 Blackberry Packaging and Produce Auction Prices Matt Ernst or Tim Woods October 2000 Marketing Options for Commercial Vegetable Growers Brent Rowell or Tim Woods June 1999

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