The Minnesota legislature requested a study of the use of production contracts in agriculture and the impacts on access to markets by independent farmers. The study objectives were expanded to also consider marketing contracts and broader performance implications of expanding use of contract...

"Elements of a Marketing Plan." Proceedings, Pork Academy, Des Moines, Iowa, June 5, 1996

PIH-6, revised. Abstract Currently Unavailable.

Lawrence, J., M. Hayenga, and J. Kliebenstein. "The Rapidly Changing Pork Industry," Wallaces Farmer (February 1998):50-52.

not currently available

Agricultural production, especially hog production, is undergoing brisk reorganization. Production and marketing contracts are attenuating the control and property rights of growers. In seeking reasons for the restructuring, this paper surveys the opinions of industry participants. It then...

"North American Beef Production, Demand and Trade Challenges and Opportunities: A Perspective from the United States." Proceedings and presentation at Sicarne Jalisco 1999, Guadalajara, Mexico July, 1999.

not currenty available

A survey of Iowa farmers who quit raising hogs between 1991-1997 quantified the demographics of the enterprises and operators, motivations for leaving, and prospects for re-entering hog production. The median enterprise size was 500 head marketed a year, yet hogs accounted for 40% of farm...

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