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This article examines the advantages and concerns raised from the proposed October 1998 Cargill acquisition of Continental Grain Company's grain merchandising business. The world's largest grain exporter acquiring the second largest exporter raised concerns about potential loss of competition,...

A small proportion of hogs sold to packers are priced according to their carcass value, and some producers feel that price incentives for lean hogs are inadequate. Pork carcass composition and value relationships were analyzed for a sample of 185 pork carcasses. Carcass weight, back fat...

Lawrence, J, M. Hayenga, and J. Kliebenstein. "Iowa's Pork Industry Dollars & Scents: How Iowa Compares to Other States," Iowa Pork Today (December 1997):14.

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Introduction of animal growth-enhancing technologies will have significant economic impacts on the U.S. livestock sector. Products analyzed include somatotropins and b-agonists in both beef and pork. Economic impacts on the beef, pork, and poultry sectors are estimated using a quarterly...

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Monitoring short-term monthly farm to retail meat price margins requires knowing how rapidly price changes at the farm level are reflected at the wholesale and retail levels. Studies that have addressed this issue on a short-term basis have had varied conclusions. This study uses time series...