Volume 35 Number 553 Dissemination of farm market news and Article 1 its importance in decision-making July 1967 Dissemination of farm market news and its importance in decision-making Joe M. Bohlen Iowa State University of Science & Technology George M. Beal Iowa State University of Science & Technology Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/researchbulletin Part of the Agriculture Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Bohlen, Joe M. and Beal, George M. (1967) "Dissemination of farm market news and its importance in decision-making," Research Bulletin (Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station): Vol. 35 : No. 553 , Article 1. Available at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/researchbulletin/vol35/iss553/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station Publications at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Research Bulletin (Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station) by an authorized editor of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Dissemination of Farm Market News and Its Importance In Decision-Making by Joe M. Bohlen ond George M. Beal Department of Sociology IOWA AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS EXPERIMENT STATION IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY of Science and Technology RESEARCH BULLETIN 553 • • • JULY 1967 • • • AMES. IOWA CONTENTS Summary 952 Introduction ........ ....... 955 The problem ....... .. .................... 955 Objectives .......................................................... 956 Methods and procedure ............................................. 956 Media used by farmers to receive farm market news .. .. 958 Radio ............................................................ 958 Number of radio receivers . .. 958 Location of radio receivers .............. ....................... 958 In houses .. .. 958 In autos and pickup trucks ....................................