Concept:Marketing processes refer to all activities that move an agricultural product from the producer to the final consumer.
Explanation:These processes create time, place, and form utility by making goods available where and when they are needed.
Typical marketing processes include assembling, processing, storage, transportation, and distribution.
Assembling groups produce from many small farmers for easier marketing.
Distribution moves the finished product through wholesalers and retailers to consumers.
Processing changes raw farm output into a more usable form, which is still considered part of marketing.
Production, however, occurs before marketing begins; it is the growing or creation of the commodity itself.
Therefore, marketing processes do not include production.
Answer:A. production