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  • adjective Describing the price of goods if they were purchased directly from a farm, without markup added by retailers.

Etymologies

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farm +‎ gate

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Examples

  • Has he made any assessment of how that will help farmers by affecting farmgate prices?

    The Knowledge | Which footballers have been mentioned in parliament? | John Ashdown 2011

  • Has he made any assessment of how that will help farmers by affecting farmgate prices?

    The Knowledge | Which footballers have been mentioned in parliament? | John Ashdown 2011

  • So farms producing raw milk direct for sale from small-scale and, grass-fed herds can command a higher price rather than the low farmgate price offered by conventional routes.

    Milking the moment 2012

  • Additionally, speculation about a smaller vegetable crop because of last year's drought has resulted in sharply higher retail prices, which could be more than double farmgate prices.

    Indian Food Prices to Remain High Arpan Mukherjee 2010

  • Additionally, speculation about a smaller vegetable crop because of last year's drought has resulted in sharply higher retail prices, which could be more than double farmgate prices.

    Indian Food Prices to Remain High Arpan Mukherjee 2010

  • Additionally, speculation about a smaller vegetable crop because of last year's drought has resulted in sharply higher retail prices, which could be more than double farmgate prices.

    Indian Food Prices to Remain High Arpan Mukherjee 2010

  • Given the low farmgate price of rice, the Government is considering alternative crops such as sugar cane, bananas, and onions to justify investment in the rehabilitation of existing pump irrigation schemes.

    Water profile of Gambia 2008

  • Unlike most commodities traders, which deal only with distribution, Olam operates across the entire supply chain for most of its products; while it doesn't own fields, it operates from the farmgate onward.

    Olam's Battered Shares May Be Felda Chay 2008

  • In 1997, irrigation contributed an estimated 18% of total crop production in weight, and some 29% of total farmgate value (since irrigated crops are relatively high-value).

    Water profile of Brazil 2008

  • With the advent of these small farmgate wineries the industry returned to its roots, back to the days of Johann Schiller and Justin de Courtenay.

    The Ontario Wine Industry 1993

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