"Industry Integration: Where Will It Leave Us." Proceedings and presentation, Banff Pork Seminar, Advances in Pork Production Volume 11, January 2000. Banff, Alberta Canada.

Churning Out the Links: Vertical Integration in the U.S. Pork and Beef Industries

Low and inconsistent beef quality has been blamed by some for the losses of beefï¾’s share of total meat consumption. Tighter vertical coordination through use of alternative marketing arrangements and more precise price signaling through use of different cattle valuation methods may help...

Traditional break-even/fed cattle price projections do not provide adequate risk information to feeders, investors, lenders, and other stakeholders interested in cattle feeding decisions. The objectives of this study were two- fold: 1) develop a spreadsheet model that could estimate the net...

Feeder Pig Marketing Techniques

Dairy Steer Market Outlook