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With a BSE incident in the United States (US) in December of 2003, questions arose about the effect of the incident on … demand following the discovery of BSE. Auctions were conducted approximately 3 weeks before and after the December 2003 BSE … incident in the U.S It was found that overall there was no effect on the size of the bribes needed by the BSE incidence …
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The announcement on December 23, 2003 that a dairy cow in the state of Washington was diagnosed as having BSE sent … shock waves through the US beef industry. This research uses auction experiments to determine the pre- and post-BSE effects … indicate that BSE has likely damaged US consumer demand for Canadian beef more than it has for US beef. The findings also …
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A survey of state veterinarians and leaders of state cattle producer associations was conducted in January 2004 to identify the determinants of support for animal ID programs in the United States. The results indicate strong support for implementing some form of animal ID program, but that only...
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This paper uses a new market analysis methodology to examine price and trade relationships in eight Pacific Rim factor and product markets central to the Canadian and U.S. pork industries. The new method enables direct estimation of the frequency with which a variety of market conditions occur,...
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Market innovation and investment are key elements contributing to the health and success of any industry. However, U.S. cattle and beef interests appear to be resisting some of the market innovations that are occurring in their industry. This includes resisting innovations designed to provide...
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Hedging in the live cattle futures market has largely been viewed as a method of reducing producer's price over a rather lengthy production period (three to six months). Meat packers and processors also face price risk. However, packers' and processors' price risk lies on the upside (i.e., risk...
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The dynamic relationship between four regional cash prices for fed (slaughter) cattle is investigated using time series analysis and causality tests. The results indicate that price adjustments to new information take about one week. Texas Panhandle price also was determined to dominate the...
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Market innovation and investment are key elements contributing to the health and success of any industry. However, U.S. cattle and beef interests appear to be resisting some of the market innovations that are occurring in their industry. This includes resisting innovations designed to provide...
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Both federal and state governments in the United States are being asked to enact laws that would make slaughtering of horses for human consumption illegal. In the past, the United States was one of the principal exporters of horsemeat to Europe. This paper examines the impacts of a proposed ban...
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