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In 2003, Congress mandated a study of the effects of alternative marketing arrangements (AMAs) on livestock and meat markets. This paper summarizes the results of analyses on the distribution and sales of beef and pork products downstream from the packer from Volume 2 (Cates et al., 2007) and...

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During the 2002 Farm Bill debate, several pieces of legislation were aimed at restricting packers' livestock purchasing practices. A specific concern focused on marketing arrangements that gave packers control over livestock more than 14 days prior to slaughter, commonly known as "captive...

Information on prices and price risk differences across marketing arrangements aids fed cattle producers in making choices about marketing methods. As part of the congressionally mandated Livestock and Meat Marketing Study, we investigated fed cattle price and price risk differences across...

Contracting has increased significantly in the U.S. livestock-meat sector. Over half of finished hogs and about a third of fed cattle are marketed under some form of contract. Contracting motives vary by type of contract, whether buyer or seller, and by commodity. Several motives for buyers and...

Contracting in the U.S. Pork and Beef Industries: Extent, Motives, and Issues

Price differences among fed cattle prices in Canada and the United States (referred to here as fed cattle basis) are important for Canadian cattle feeders, but changing government regulations in Canada and the United States have made basis more variable. This article uses transaction data from...

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