(with Daryl Strohbehn and Dan Loy). "Buy-Sell Strategies for Profitable Stocker Programs." Proceedings, Management Intensive Grazing Symposium, Newton, Iowa, January 22-23, 1997.

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...

Market price risk is a part of feeding cattle. Price risk accounts for most cattle feeding return variability, according to Kansas State University research. Price fluctuation will continue, but risk management tools exist to help producers lessen the impact of price swings. Properly used...

The Minnesota legislature requested a study of the use of production contracts in agriculture and the impacts on access to markets by independent farmers. The study objectives were expanded to also consider marketing contracts and broader performance implications of expanding use of contract...

"Elements of a Marketing Plan." Proceedings, Pork Academy, Des Moines, Iowa, June 5, 1996

PIH-6, revised. Abstract Currently Unavailable.

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.