The U.S. pork industry routinely adds antibiotics to rations of weaned pigs both to prevent illness before symptoms emerge and to increase growth rates. The European Union (EU) is in the process of restricting feed use of antibiotics, and the U.S. is currently reviewing the practice. The...

The US pork industry routinely adds antibiotics to rations of weaned pigs both to prevent illness before symptoms emerge and to increase growth rates. The EU is in the process of restricting feed use of antibiotics, and the U.S. is currently reviewing the practice. The strategic issue facing US...

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Beef is a heterogenous commodity, which makes it difficult to compare beef prices on an international level. This article evaluates several methods of comparing beef prices for use in measuring both comparative advantage and the rate of protection. The most suitable method is one that compares...

Recent experiences in Denmark provide some comparable evidence on the effects of a ban on antibiotics in feed for hog production. A ban in the United States would increase costs by nearly $4.50 per animal in the first year, and, as in Denmark, raise significant issues with respect to animal...

The use of antimicrobial feed additives (AFAs) in animal rations has come under review recently in Europe and the U.S. A recent evaluation of the economic impact of a ban on AFAs on the U.S. pork industry suggests that on average changes in productivity and fixed costs would result in increased...