Agricultural Commodity industry

Why would an Agricultural Commodity industry need consumer marketing research and Trade Research?

  1. How did the Michigan apple industry build a research plan to see how purchase decisions and preferences were changing in the apple industry? What are the different angles through which they examined their producers, distribution chain, and end-consumers?

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  1. How did the apple production industry plan to use this research to update their industry’s strategic marketing planning? What is MAISPTF? Market oriented vs. production oriented?

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