Describes method used by hybrid seed marketers to sell to a farmer-dealer at wholesale, then allow the farmer to distribute the product in a local area.
"Agricultural marketers, rural advertisers and advertising agencies in the Midwest are feeling the effects of the depressed U.S. farm economy. Farm billings at the 50 largest agricultural agencies are projected to drop 11.5% in 1986. Farm advertisers increasingly are cutting back their ad budgets."