Two separate programs to assist producers in voluntarily implementing practices to protect water quality were undertaken in western Iowa. This report is a summary of the follow up study conducted approsimately a year after the programs were concluded with the participants that completed either...

This publication contains estimates of production costs for common livestock enterprises in Iowa. Estimates are intended to refl ect average or above-average levels of management using common types of technology. Input prices reflect expected average price levels during the year.

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The vertical coordination systems between livestock producers and processors have dramatically shifted toward long-term contract coordination or vertical integration in the pork sector; however, fed cattle producers still rely heavily on spot market or short-term contract linkages with meat...

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In addition to horizontal consolidation at the input, production, and processing subsectors, the US pork industry is becoming more vertically aligned. The largest hog producers and pork processors were surveyed regarding their involvement in vertical coordination arrangements and their plans for...

(with Zhi Wang). "Systematic Hog Price Management: Selective Hedging and Long-Term Risk Sharing Packer Contracts." Proceedings, NCR-134 Conference, Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, IL, April, 1997. Selected paper.

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