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Vegmarc II©: A Computerized Record Keeping System for Vegetable Marketing Cooperatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2016

Tamra Kirkpatrick Kazmierczak  and
Daniel B. Taylor
Tamra Kirkpatrick Kazmierczak
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Daniel B. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Abstract

Poor management of the southeastern vegetable marketing cooperatives has been linked to poor record keeping practices. The VEGMARC II© Record Keeping Program is part of a comprehensive multi-agency effort to provide solutions to the problems of south-eastern vegetable marketing cooperatives. This computer program has been refined and expanded during four years of field testing. VEGMARC II© features include pool price calculations, deduction of packing fees, calculation of grower net returns, and the printing of reports, checks, and mailing labels. Eighty percent of cooperatives responding to user surveys indicated the program was meeting the needs of their cooperative.

Keywords

record keeping programvegetable marketing cooperativemicrocomputer
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , July 1989 , pp. 149 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1989

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