Thursday, December 29, 2011

Why Growers Need Produce Brokers

Fruit growers and farmers have what we call green thumb. They have that rare skill in growing fruits or vegetables which a layman could not. They know whether or not a variety of a plant can grow in certain type of soil. They can also tell you when a fruit tree will yield its produce, how many it will produce in the harvest season and how much time it will take before it succumbs to the ground.
Yeah, growers have green thumbs to produce green veggies but unfortunately not all of them have the ability to turn these green veggies into green bucks of dollars because of lack of ability to market their produce. While they were trained as skilled growers, not all of them are good entrepreneurs of their products. Hence, there is a gap to fill this need. Fruit and veggie growers need produce brokers to fill that gap. Produce brokers are usually hired to enable farmers to look for buyers or to find clients or customers for the growers. Acting as the middlemen, produce brokers assure that growers are able to dispose their produce at reasonable price. With produce brokers, it would be a lot easier for the farmers to realize profit out of their products. Moreover, they are also able to forge linkages by which they could look for more avenues by their products are sold. So, with only a few bucks spent for their service, growers are assured that their products find their way to the right market.

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