The research aims to relate Mato Grosso's south-eastern beef producers to cattle marketing arrangements. The sample was based on interviews with fifty-nine cattle producers that live in Rondonópolis (MT). It ranked ranchers in three categories: (N1) producers that only sell animals for cash...

The hypothesis that futures prices are an unbiased predictor of spot price is a joint hypothesis that the market is efficient and there is no risk premium. In order to test separately unbiasedness and market efficiency, cointegration techniques must be applied. The goal of this paper is assess...

The paper provides historical and analytical perspectives for the assessment of the challenges and opportunities of cattle raising activities in the transition towards a lowcarbon agriculture in Brazil. It is organized as follows. The next section presents long run historical perspectives on the...