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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...

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Iowa leads the nation in egg production, producing more than the second and third largest states combined. There were approximately 52.7 million layers in Iowa produced 13.9 billion eggs in 2007. This level of production consumes 50 million bushels of corn and 453,000 tons of soybean meal. In...

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