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

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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...

"Can We Compete in the Global Marketplace?" Presented at the 2003 3rd London Swine Conference, London, Ontario, Canada, April 9-10, 2003. Proceedings pages 113-122.

"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.

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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

The first step towards forecasting the price and output of the cattle industry is understanding the dynamics of the livestock production process. This study follows up on the Weimar and Stillman (1990) paper by using data from 1970 to 2005 to estimate the parameters that characterizes the cattle...