"Pork Industry Update, 1998." Proceedings, Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium, November 12-13, 1998, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Included in abstract of "The Red Meat Industries: Concentration, Captive Supplies, Pricing and Policy Issues." Abstract Currently Unavailable.

Contracting has increased significantly in the U.S. livestock-meat sector. Over half of finished hogs and about a third of fed cattle are marketed under some form of contract. Contracting motives vary by type of contract, whether buyer or seller, and by commodity. Several motives for buyers and...

Worldwide, a segment of consumers can afford to pay substantial price premiums for very high quality agricultural products with attributes those consumers value. At the same time, many U.S. farmers are producing these high-quality products but are not using market mechanisms that allow them to...

(with Daryl Strohbehn and Dan Loy). "Buy-Sell Strategies for Profitable Stocker Programs." Proceedings, Management Intensive Grazing Symposium, Newton, Iowa, January 22-23, 1997.

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...

Market price risk is a part of feeding cattle. Price risk accounts for most cattle feeding return variability, according to Kansas State University research. Price fluctuation will continue, but risk management tools exist to help producers lessen the impact of price swings. Properly used...

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...