- Fed Cattle
Price Discovery Issues and Projections
Clement E. Ward, Ted C. Schroeder, James Mintert and Derrell S. Peel,
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, 1997
Price discovery is the process of buyers and sellers arriving at transaction prices.
Several factors have caused price discovery to become a major concern to cattle producers
and others in the past few years.
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Impacts on U.S. Cattle Producers from Changes in Retail Beef Demand
John M. Marsh,
Briefing Paper, Agricultural
Marketing Policy Center, Montana State University Cooperative Extension
Service, February 2003
Since the mid 1970s U.S. beef producers have faced
persistent declines in the domestic demand for beef products. The
consequences at the farm level have been reductions in real (inflation
adjusted) cattle prices and cattle inventories. From 1976 to 2001, real
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Japanese Import Demand for U.S. Beef and Pork
John M. Marsh, Gary
W. Brester and Dragon Miljkvoc,
Briefing Paper, Agricultural Marketing Policy Center, Montana State
University Cooperative Extension Service, February 2003
The U.S. beef and port industries have become more
dependent upon foreign markets as a source of increased red meat sales.
Increases in per capita incomes in certain foreign countries, reduced
trade barriers, preferences for animal-source proteins, and product
. . .
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- Packer
Concentration and Its Impacts
Clement E. Ward, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
This fact sheet defines concentration, provides information on the level and trends in
concentration, and reports on research attempting to determine its impacts.
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Technology Changes in the U.S. Beef and Pork Sectors
John M. Marsh and Gary W. Brester, Briefing
Paper, Agricultural Marketing Policy Center, Montana State University
Cooperative Extension Service, February 2003
Substantial technological changes have occurred in the farm
production and food processing sectors over the past several decades.
Technological improvements in genetics, health and nutrition, capital
equipment, processing methods, and products and services are examples . .
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- Understanding
Livestock-Meat Industry Pricing Issues
Clement E. Ward, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Livestock and meat prices are common concerns among livestock producers. Some pricing
issues relate to price determination and some to price discovery.
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- Vertical
Integration Comparison: Beef, Pork, and Poultry
Clement E. Ward, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
This fact sheet provides a perspective on the likely extent of vertical intergration in
the beef and pork industries relative to the poultry industry, given the incentives and
disincentives that exist for vertical integration.
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