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...

Livestock futures markets are a marketing tool available to participants in livestock and meat production, processing, and merchandising. There has been controversy, however, regarding the usefulness of the live cattle futures market for producers. Questions have arisen about the impact of...

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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...

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

A cattle feedlot marketing simulation model was developed and used to evaluate the performance of various feedlot marketing strategies. The marketing analysis included corn, feeder cattle, and fed cattle integrated marketing alternatives. A variety of strategies were compared including hedging...

There is little disagreement in the literature that hedging can be an effective risk management tool for agricultural firms. However, when placing a hedge the hedger must determine the futures position to take to offset the price risk on his current or anticipated cash position. When direct...

The US pork and beef sectors are rapidly moving from traditional cash markets to formal vertical linkages. In 1999, 27% of Hogs and 65% of cattle were traded in the cash market and packers owned 18% of hogs and 5% of cattle; the rest were procured via marketing contracts. Contrary to popular...

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