Meanings
- not comparableDescribing the price of goods if they were purchased directly from a farm, without markup added by retailers; or this point in time, with regard to processes taking place earlier (such as fertilization) or later (such as packing and freezing).
It is important to note that the farmgate price can be quoted either in terms of seed cotton or lint.
1995, Fred E. M. Gillham, Cotton production prospects for the next decade: Volumes 23-287, page 1952 more examples
From a farmgate price of nearly 150 pounds sterling in 1955-57, the Cocoa Board steadily reduced the price[…]
1999, William Ascher, Why governments waste natural resources, page 228The model has to be shaken up, says Douglas Lamont, chief executive of Tony's Chocolonely, a sustainable chocolate brand that pays farmers a living income premium on top of the farmgate price.
2024 March 2, Susannah Savage, “Why the cost of chocolate will keep rising”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7
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