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Price Discovery and Pricing Choice Under Divergent Supply Scenarios in an Experimental Market for Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Previous research has not addressed the impacts of alternative supply conditions on price discovery and pricing choice. This study estimated models with data from an experimental market, the Fed Cattle Market Simulator, encompassing live weight, dressed weight, and grid pricing under two alternative supply scenarios. Significance of variables explaining transaction price variation and pricing choice differed between the two supply periods. Overall results were close to expectations. Higher quality cattle marketed with a grid brought higher prices in both supply periods. Having lower quality cattle in either supply period increased the probability of cattle being marketed (purchased) on a live weight basis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Experimental market; Fed cattle; Market simulator; Price discovery; Pricing choice; Pricing methods; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30974

Market Valuation of Preconditioning Feeder Calves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avent,   R. Keith; Ward,   Clement E.; Lalman,   David L.
Preconditioning calf programs, while not new, are becoming more prevalent. They provide benefits to cow-calf producers while adding value for feeder cattle buyers. However, questions remain regarding the economic costs and returns of such programs. A model was estimated with data from three consecutive-day sales, to determine the value that buyers place on preconditioning programs and related feeder cattle traits. Our results indicate that price premiums, although evident, appear to be insufficient by themselves to cover the marginal costs of preconditioning.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal health; Feeder cattle; Hedonic model; Marketing; Preconditioning; Prices; Value-added; Q13; Q12; Q11; C23.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42894

Extent and Characteristics of Retail Fresh Beef Branding
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Dutton,   Jennifer M.
Limited information exists regarding the extent and characteristics of branded fresh beef. Retail package data from a sample of grocery stores in three metropolitan areas enabled determining the extent of branded beef for ground beef, roasts, and steaks. Logit models identified factors affecting the probability of beef products being branded, and the probability of beef products carrying specific types of brands compared with store brands and generic (unbranded) beef. The extent of branded beef and type of brand both varied by store type, specific product, quality designation, package type, and presence of special labeling.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55986

Vertical Integration Comparison: Beef, Pork, and Poultry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35759

KEY FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO COW/CALF COSTS, PROFITS AND PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   Ruslyn; Doye,   Damona G.; Ward,   Clement E.; Peel,   Derrell S.; McGrann,   James M.; Falconer,   Lawrence L.
In this study, cow/calf Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) data for Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico are used to analyze how total cost, production, and profitability are affected by management choices.  Total cost is the financial cost associated with raising a calf through the weaning stage; profits are measured using the rate of return on assets; production is determined by pounds weaned per exposed female.  Variables such as herd size, pounds of feed fed, calving percentage, death loss, length of breeding season and investment in asset groups are used in regressions.  Key factors contributing to a cow/calf operation's costs, production, and profitability are identified.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34776

Assessing Competition in the U.S. Beef Packing Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Cattle; Competition; Concentration; Market structure; Meatpacking; Pricing; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; L13; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94758

LESSONS LEARNED FROM RESEARCH WITH THE FED CATTLE MARKET SIMULATOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Koontz,   Stephen R.; Peel,   Derrell S.; Trapp,   James N.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36181

Beef Cattle Production and Management Practices and Implications for Educators
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vestal,   Mallory K.; Ward,   Clement E.; Doye,   Damona G.; Lalman,   David L.
Beef producers need to continually incorporate new information and adopt new technology to effectively manage production costs.  Oklahoma State University began a Master Cattleman program with this need in mind.  Understanding technology adoption by producers requires identifying current management practices.  Data from a survey developed as part of the Master Cattleman program document current practices.  Management practices were examined for two groups; producers with smaller herds who are less dependent on the beef enterprise for family income, and producers with larger herds who are more dependent on beef.  Results clearly show that size and dependence on the beef enterprise matters when considering a broad spectrum of beef management practices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21426

IMPACTS FROM CAPTIVE SUPPLIES ON FED CATTLE TRANSACTION PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Koontz,   Stephen R.; Schroeder,   Ted C.
Increased use of noncash-price procurement methods has concerned cattlemen for the past several years. This research estimated impacts of captive supplies on transaction prices for fed cattle. Negative relationships were found between transaction prices and percentage deliveries from the inventory of forward contracted and marketing agreement cattle. However, impacts from the absolute size of the total captive supply inventory were not significant. Price differences were found among procurement methods with forward contract prices being much lower. On balance, captive supplies had small but often negative effects on fed cattle transaction prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31205

Price Discovery and Captive Supply Implications for the Canadian Beef Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Schroeder,   Ted C.
As cattle markets have transitioned from predominantly cash market sealed-bid or negotiated price discovery to more formula pricing, marketing agreements, forward contracts, and packer-owned cattle feeding, concerns about methods of price discovery for fed cattle have escalated. High levels of concentration in beef packing in Canada were exacerbated by cattle trade restrictions with the United States that limited market access and thus caused further unease with the price discovery process for fed cattle in Canada.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46435

A PARTIAL-ADJUSTMENT, MIXED LINEAR MODEL OF PRICE DISCOVERY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MARKET FOR FED CATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlberg,   Jared G.; Ward,   Clement E.
The Fed Cattle Market Simulator (FCMS) was developed by a team of researchers at Oklahoma State University to aid in understanding the forces that influence price discovery in the fed cattle market.  Participants in the FCMS play the role of feedlot marketing managers and packing plant procurement agents, and trade paper pens of cattle in the experimental market.  Previous research with the FCMS has not attempted to capture the dynamic nature of the price discovery process; this paper uses a partial-adjustment approach to accomplish that goal.  A mixed linear model is used to accommodate both fixed and random effects in the data.  Results show that the transaction price adjusts only sixteen percent on a week-by-week basis to its desired level.  As such,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20598

Influence of Beginning Body Condition Scores on Net Returns From Feeding Cull Cows
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amadou,   Zakou; Raper,   Kellie Curry; Biermacher,   Jon T.; Cook,   Billy; Ward,   Clement E.
The impact of beginning body condition scores on returns from feeding cull cows was investigated in a two year experiment. In each of two culling years, physical performance data and financial data were measured at approximately monthly intervals for culls on pasture versus dry lot. Specifically, data was collected for cows culled in October 2007 and held through April 2008 and for cows culled in October 2008 and held through March 2009. We examine the sensitivity of net returns relative to the choice of body condition score as a sorting trigger for heavy versus thin cows. In this two year study, while a pasture system was generally more profitable than a drylot system, thin cows were typically more profitable than cows with higher BCS, regardless of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61747

PRICE PREMIUMS FROM A CERTIFIED FEEDER CALF PRECONDITIONING PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Lalman,   David L.
Preconditioning calf programs, while not new, are becoming more prevalent. They provide benefits to cow-calf producers while adding value for feeder cattle buyers. However, questions remain regarding the marginal returns from marketing preconditioned calves exceeds the marginal costs for preconditioning. This paper reports estimates from two models to determine the premium paid by feeder cattle buyers for preconditioned calves in the Oklahoma Quality Beef Network (OQBN) program. One model assumes feeder calf characteristics are independent as most previous research. The other assumes interdependency between several characteristics that are affected by preconditioning. Data were from seven feeder calf sales in Oklahoma in 2001 and another seven sales in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Animal health; Feeder cattle; Hedonic models; Marketing; Preconditioning; Prices; Value-added; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18973

ELECTRONIC MARKET USE BY OKLAHOMA LAMB PRODUCERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koontz,   Stephen R.; Ward,   Clement E.
Socioeconomic and production system characteristics of a sample of Oklahoma sheep producers were employed to examine the decision to use or not use an electronic market for slaughter lambs. Producer attributes that influence electronic market use were identified with qualitative choice models. The results help identify characteristics of electronic markets which influence their success. The findings also have implications about educational opportunities for cooperative extension.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30819

Supply Effects on Price Discovery and Pricing Choice for Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Price discovery research related to fed cattle has involved data covering a relatively small portion of the longer cattle cycle. Thus, research has not explicitly addressed the impacts alternative supply conditions have on price discovery. Additionally, little research has addressed the pricing choices for fed cattle marketing or procurement. In research reported here using data from an experimental market, the Fed Cattle Market Simulator, models were estimated that encompassed live weight, dressed weight, and grid pricing under alternative supply scenarios, specifically a larger supply and smaller supply period. Variables explaining fed cattle price variation differed somewhat between the two supply periods. For the two periods combined, results were...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19034

Cooperative Meat Packing, lessons learned from Sterling Colorado Beef Company
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Integration into meatpacking is a marketing alternative for livestock producers. For those considering such a step, Sterling Colorado Beef Co. provides a valuable learning experience. Feeders willing to commit capital, cattle, and time established the cooperative. Members said primary benefits were having a guaranteed market outlet and receiving a fair market price, rather than receiving a higher price or obtaining additional returns from meatpacking. Members attributed the cooperative's success to competent management and strong member management relations. The major problems encountered involved issues of environmental protection and lack of commitment by some members.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Meatpacking; Vertical integration; Cattle marketing; Cattle procurement; Cattle pricing; Beef marketing; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49822

Determining Key Factors of Influence on the Profitability of Retaining Cull Cows Beyond Culling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amadou,   Zakou; Raper,   Kellie Curry; Ward,   Clement E.; Biermacher,   Jon T.; Cook,   Billy.
Factors influencing the profitability of retaining and feeding cull cows beyond culling were investigated. First, a price response function is estimated using 19 years of monthly price data as reported by Agricultural Market Services (AMS). Net returns are then estimated using data from a three year cull cow feeding experiment conducted at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and used to examine the relative effect of various factors on net returns.  Results showed the importance of average daily gain increases across feeding periods while feeding system is also an important contributing factor to net returns.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q1.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98790

Factors Influencing the Extent of Grid Pricing of Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Motives for grid pricing of fed cattle have been identified in previous research.  Also, estimates of grid pricing exist from feedlot surveys and data generated via mandatory price reports since 2001.  However, no research has attempted to estimate factors influencing the extent of grid pricing by cattle feeders.  Cattle feedlot respondents to a survey primarily in Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas reported a wide range of grid pricing use in 2003.  Two groups of feedlot respondents were created; those using grid pricing for half or less of their fed cattle marketings in 2003 and those using grid pricing for more than half of their marketings.  Ordinary least squares and ordered logit models were estimated to determine factors affecting grid pricing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19035

Designing a Voluntary Beef Checkoff
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Norwood,   F. Bailey; Winn,   Chris; Chung,   Chanjin; Ward,   Clement E.
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the mandatory fees imposed by the beef checkoff violates the First Amendment. As a precaution, many states began forming voluntary beef checkoffs, where funds would be raised through voluntary contributions. This study conducted a survey of Oklahoma cattle producers to determine what type ofvoluntary checkoff design would receive the greatest support. The most popular checkoff placed a large emphasis on advertising and a slightly lower checkoff fee. The survey also tested the ability of a provision point mechanism to limit free-riding. The mechanism was not as effective as in other studies which used laboratory experiments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef marketing; Checkoff; Free-rider; Provision point mechanism; Public good; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10149

EFFICIENCY OF MARKET PRICE SIGNALS FOR FEEDER CATTLE FRAME SIZE AND MUSCLING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baggett,   Hub B., IV; Ward,   Clement E.; Child,   Dan M.
Two beef cattle production traits that affect performance are frame size and muscle thickness.  Buyers pay premiums or discounts for feeder cattle with different frame and muscling. Do prices accurately reflect performance?  What effect do frame and muscling have on profitability? Performance differed in some cases but not others.  Backgrounding, stocker, and feedlot ADG differed little, while feed efficiency, days fed, and harvest weight varied more.  There were many differences in carcass characteristics due to frame and muscling.   Results provide evidence that stocker and feedlot prices are inefficient since a greater profit can be made producing one type of calf instead of another.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36661

Value-Based Pricing of Fed Cattle: Challenges and Research Agenda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schroeder,   Ted C.; Ward,   Clement E.; Mintert,   James R.; Peel,   Derrell S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35837

An Assessment of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Federal government funding for public price reporting began in 1914. Since then, most public market reporting for livestock and meat has relied on voluntary participation by market participants.  Populist support in 1999 led to passage of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act which replaced the decades old voluntary reporting system with a mandatory system for livestock and meat.  Questions were raised by policymakers and others in discussions of the Act's renewal as to effectiveness of the mandatory reporting system.  This paper draws from available information to assess the Act's effectiveness since its initial implementation.  Satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the Act depends on one's expectations for what the Act was to accomplish or problems the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18998

ASYMMETRIC VALUE OF PRECONDITIONING PROGRAMS FOR FEEDER CATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avent,   R. Keith; Ward,   Clement E.; Lalman,   David L.
Preconditioning is not new but has received considerable attention in recent years.  This research addresses two questions.  Are buyers of preconditioned feeder calves paying a price premium close to the performance benefits expected from preconditioning?  Is there information asymmetry in the value to the buyers compared with the premium they pay?  Buyers paid a price premium but less than the expected performance gains.  Thus, the hypothesis of asymmetry of information between buyers and sellers could not be confirmed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36559

Factors Affecting Beef Cow-Herd Costs, Production, and Profits
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramsey,   Ruslyn; Doye,   Damona G.; Ward,   Clement E.; McGrann,   James M.; Falconer,   Lawrence L.; Bevers,   Stanley J.
Cow-herd standardized performance analysis (SPA) data for Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were used to determine economic factors affecting cow-herd costs, production, and profitability.  Total cost was defined as the financial cost associated with raising a calf through the weaning stage; production, as pounds weaned per exposed female; and profits, as a rate of return on assets.  Variable affecting one of more performance measures included herd size; pounds of feed fed; real estate, machinery, and breeding-stock investments; calving percentage; death loss; and breeding-season length.  Management variables were especially important for financial costs and profitability of the cow-herd operation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Cattle; Costs; Cow-calf; Economics; Production; Profits; Return on assets; Production Economics; Q120.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43687

Factors Affecting Quality Grade Discounts for Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hogan,   Robert J., Jr.; Carlberg,   Jared G.; Ward,   Clement E.; Peel,   Derrell S.
Prices for Choice and Select grade fed cattle are derived from wholesale and retail beef markets. Choice-Select price discounts are a key component of fed cattle pricing, whether packers purchase fed cattle on a live weight, dressed weight, or grid. This study identifies supply, demand, and other factors affecting the Choice-Select discount series using an adaptive expectations model. It is found that the lagged value of the discount as well as the percentage grading Choice exert statistically significant influences on the discount, while neither the boxed beef price nor seasonality affect the discount.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice-Select discount; Marketing; Prices; Quality; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119814

Cost and Benefit Analysis of a Preconditioning Feeder Calf Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Donnell,   Jeri; Ward,   Clement E.
Objectives were twofold: Determine key factors influencing preconditioning cost and returns; and determine the premium for age and source verified, preconditioned calves sold at a public livestock market.  Data provided by the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation show preconditioning returns depend significantly on number of days preconditioned, average daily gain, and cost of vaccinations, hay, feed, and mineral.  Noble Foundation cooperators received a premium for age and source verified, preconditioned feeder cattle when sold at market.  Significant coefficients averaged across five sales conclude that Noble Foundation management practices receive a $2.49/cwt premium when compared to all other cattle sold at market.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Calves; Preconditioning; Prices; Costs; Age and source verification; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42303

Trade-Related Policy and Canadian-U.S. Fed Cattle Transactions Basis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schulz,   Lee L.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Ward,   Clement E.
Price differences among fed cattle prices in Canada and the United States (referred to here as fed cattle basis) are important for Canadian cattle feeders, but changing government regulations in Canada and the United States have made basis more variable. This article uses transaction data from Canadian feedlots to quantify fed cattle price differentials in light of new policy initiatives. Using transaction prices, we find that differing slaughter regulations, labeling laws, and policies affecting access to U.S. markets for Canadian cattle affect fed cattle basis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Basis; Canada; Cattle prices; Government policy; International trade; Market access; Transaction prices; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117174

Impact of Beef Quality on Market Signals Transmitted by Grid Pricing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Heather C.; Ward,   Clement E.
Value-based marketing is shaping cattle production; however, market signals differ dramatically depending on carcass quality.  This study applies a two-stage coefficients of separate determination procedure to four regional fed cattle datasets sorted by grid value and by carcass quality attributes.  Weight is the strongest signal sent when higher valued cattle and better quality cattle are sold on a grid.  Quality characteristics send stronger signals when lower valued cattle and poorer quality cattle are sold on a grid.  Producers of lower quality cattle can potentially gain $52 to $149 per head by improving quality and $113 to $150 per head by adding weight.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Cattle; Carcass; Quality; Coefficients of separate determination; Incentives; Market signals; Value-based marketing; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43750

Positive Market Effects from a Meatpacking Plant Opening: Perceptions and Reality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hornung,   Jonathan T.; Ward,   Clement E.
Economic theory suggests that adding a competitive buyer to a market should have positive effects on competition and prices, ceteris paribus. An additional buyer increases market demand, shifting demand to the right, and expands the number of active buyers, reducing average market shares of existing buyers while intensifying bidding competition. Whether or not these positive impacts occur in reality is an empirical question. The largest pork processor in Canada, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., opened a 45,000 head/week hog processing facility in August 1999 in Brandon, Manitoba. The plant opened during a period of expanding hog production in Canada, of increasing hog exports to the United States, and of increasingly tight processing capacity in the United States...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46022

Factors Affecting Adoption of Cow-Calf Production Practices in Oklahoma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Vestal,   Mallory K.; Doye,   Damona G.; Lalman,   David L.
Most technology adoption research has focused on crops. Primary data were used to determine differences in management practices among two groups of Oklahoma cow-calf producers based on herd size and cattle income dependence. Significant differences were noted between two groups of producers (smaller operations with less dependence on cattle versus larger with more dependence on cattle) in 79% of the management practices examined. Logit models determined factors influencing the probability of adopting 17 recommended practices. Important factors included the firm goal to choose practices that reduce labor, income dependence on cattle, human capital, and size of operation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Cow-calf; Livestock; Management practices; Technology adoption; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; D21; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47263

EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION IMPACTS ON PRICE DISCOVERY AND MARKETING EFFICIENCY IN THE FED CATTLE MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   John D.; Ward,   Clement E.; Koontz,   Stephen R.; Peel,   Derrell S.; Trapp,   James N.
Federal budgetary pressures raise questions regarding the importance of public market information. This study assesses the impact of price discovery and production efficiency of reducing public price and quantity information. The amount and type of information provided to Fed Cattle Market Simulator (FCMS) participants was varied by periodically withholding current and weekly summary information according to a predetermined experimental design. Results show that reducing information increased price variance and decreased marketing efficiency; that is, more cattle were delivered at weights deviating from 1,150 pounds- the least-cost marketing weight in the simulator. These factors, which increase costs, make the industry less competitive.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31170

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SLAUGHTER LAMB PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Data on weekly summaries of slaughter lamb sales in 1996 were analyzed to determine price differences for factors affecting lamb prices.  Models were compared with a 1991 study and across regions.  Demand and supply variables were found important as well as marketing methods, sale lot sizes, seasonal and regional variables.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35709

Preferential Cattle and Hog Pricing by Packers: Evidence from Mandatory Price Reports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Preferential pricing was one of several concerns leading to mandatory price reporting.  Seven years of “new” data from mandatory reports are examined to determine if evidence exists of preferential pricing by packers for fed cattle and slaughter hogs.  Weekly data show some alternative marketing methods track closer to cash market prices than others.  Some differences can be explained, while others are not as clear.  Evidence was found that cash prices lead prices for alternative marketing methods on rising markets but trail them on declining markets.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Alternative marketing arrangements; Cattle; Hogs; Marketing; Meatpacking procurement; Price discovery; Pricing; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37989

Price Effects from an Anticipated Meatpacking Plant Opening and Unexpected Plant Closing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Hornung,   Jonathan T.
Livestock producers primarily, but policy makers also, have an interest in market effects from meatpacking plant closings and openings. This article presents results from a study to determine price impacts from an anticipated hog slaughtering plant opening and an unexpected fed cattle slaughtering plant closing. The estimated price effects for each plant event were modeled with price difference and partial adjustment models. The plant opening resulted in higher absolute and relative hog prices in the Provincial market where the plant was located. However, adverse price impacts from the fed cattle plant closing were less evident.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Buyer competition; Fed cattle; Hogs; Livestock prices; Market dynamics; Meatpacking; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30983

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ALFALFA INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Dowdy,   Alan K.; Berberet,   Richard C.; Stritzke,   Jimmie F.
Integrated pest management (IMP) initially focused on insect pest control. More recently, IPM encompasses a broader concept of management, one which crosses several disciplinary boundaries. This article reports results of research dealing with four integrated management decisions for alfalfa (cultivar selection, inset control, weed control, and end-of-season harvest options.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29996

Feedlot and Packer Pricing Behavior: Implications for Competition Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Seldom are observed losing bids available in industry data. A special workshop of the Fed Cattle Market Simulator was designed to capture bids for each pen of cattle traded. Data enabled identifying buyer and seller behavior in the price discovery process, both before and after imposed mergers of the two largest and two smallest packer teams. Highest losing bids also were estimated with packer bid functions and compared with observed highest losing bids. An estimated price discovery model indicated market structure as measured by number of buyers was more important than simply the number of bids or size of transactions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Buyer behavior; Competition; Fed cattle; Marketing; Pricing; Seller behavior; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7365

Impacts from Government Regulations on the Canadian-U.S. Basis for Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Schulz,   Lee L.
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/01/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Canada; Fed Cattle; Government Policy; International Trade; Prices; U.S.; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49327

Surveying the Feasibility of a Voluntary Beef Checkoff
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Winn,   Chris; Norwood,   F. Bailey; Chung,   Chanjin; Ward,   Clement E.
With the possible elimination of the mandatory beef checkoff, some state are considering a voluntary beef checkoff.  This study conducts a choice experiment to estimate the feasibility of a state and nationwide voluntary checkoff.  Results indicate that a lower fee and a greater focus on advertising may produce a feasible voluntary checkoff.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20385

Relationships among Prices across Alternative Marketing Arrangements for Fed Cattle and Hogs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Yoonsuk; Ward,   Clement E.; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
Reduced reliance on cash market prices for fed cattle and hogs raise questions about the role of cash prices in price discovery. We use seven years of weekly data from mandatory price reports to determine whether or not cash market prices are cointegrated with other procurement prices and then test for causality among the price series.  Cash prices were cointegrated with all but one procurement price series.  Cash market prices Granger cause all other procurement prices.  Bidirectional causality was found in some but not all cases.  Thus, cash market prices remain of central importance in price discovery for fed cattle and hogs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Cointegration; Causality; Hogs; Johansen; Marketing; Prices; Stock-Watson; Vector error correction; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13(of Q18).
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56282

What Are the Consequences of United States Government Slaughter Policies on Horse Prices?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vestal,   Mallory K.; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Cooper,   Steven R.; Ward,   Clement E.
As a result of several judicial rulings, the processing of horses for human consumption came to a halt in 2007. This article determines the impact horse prices suffered as a result of the elimination of horse processing facilities. A quantile regression approach is applied and is useful, as horses of varying quality were impacted differently. The authors acknowledge that the slaughter ban occurred alongside the U.S. economic downturn and attempts to account for the recession to adequately asses the policy effect.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Horse processing; Slaughter; Quantile regression; Price; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119766

FACTORS INFLUENCING CONSUMER DECISIONS RELATED TO "NATURAL" BEEF IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goss,   Jody; Holcomb,   Rodney B.; Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27637

Alternative Theories and Empirical Approaches to Price Discovery: An Application to Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlberg,   Jared G.; Ward,   Clement E.
Price discovery is a frequent topic of research, but many times is not clearly defined and thus purported to cover a myriad of topics.  This article provides two alternative theories as the basis for one line of price discovery research. Empirical models consistent with the two theories are estimated using a common data set.  Empirical results differ as expected.  This article evidences why the theoretical basis for an empirical model depends on clearly defining the objective(s) of the research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Derived demand; Fed cattle; Partial adjustment model; Price discovery; Q13; Q11; Q12; C51; C22.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43201

PRODUCTIVITY-CONCENTRATION RELATIONSHIP IN THE U.S. MEATPACKING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Previous research found a positive relationship between concentration and total factor productivity in food manufacturing.  On industry (i.e., meatpacking plants [SIC 2011]) was selected for independent analysis due to a relatively sharp increase in concentration in recent years. The methodology chosen was similar to previous studies.  Total factor productivity increased 2.4 percent per year, and labor productivity increased 3.3 percent per year for meatpacking plants over the 1958-82 period.  Concentration in meatpacking did not positively or negatively affect total factor productivity or labor productivity over the 25-year study period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30210

Beef Packers’ Captive Supplies: An Upward Trend? A Pricing Edge?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93495

MARKET DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH A BEEFPACKING PLANT CLOSING AND A PORKPACKING PLANT OPENING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hornung,   Jonathan T.; Ward,   Clement E.
Previous research has estimated price effects of meat packing plant closings and openings. However, none have been done for plants opening or closing during the last 20 years ago when concentration in meatpacking increased rapidly. Plant openings and closings affect industry slaughtering capacity. Many analysts contribute the lack of processing capacity to handle the large supply of hogs in 1998 a major factor why spot market hog prices plummeted to unprecedented lows. Just eight months after the capacity constraint in slaughter hogs, Maple Leaf Foods opened a hog processing plant in Brandon, Manitoba. A second but opposite event occurred in the beef industry in an area of concentrated cattle feeding and meatpacking. On Christmas day, 2000, the ConAgra fed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Meatpacking; Fed cattle; Slaughter hogs; Marketing; Prices; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18981

MODELS ESTIMATING BEEF QUALITY AND YIELD GRADE DISCOUNTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hogan,   Robert J., Jr.; Ward,   Clement E.
Carcass discounts are an important component of grid pricing of fed cattle.  Yet, little effort has been made to model the behavior of the primary carcass discounts that vary over time.  This paper presents alternative models of the Choice-Select and yield grade 3-4/5 discounts.  Besides noting the seasonal patterns in each, the series changed with the advent of mandatory price reporting.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36016

Implicit Value of Retail Beef Brands and Retail Meat Product Attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dutton,   Jennifer M.; Ward,   Clement E.; Lusk,   Jayson L.
Consumers reveal preferences for fresh beef attributes through their retail beef purchases. Hedonic pricing methods were used to estimate the value consumers place on observable characteristics of fresh beef products, especially on retail beef brands. Primary data were collected from 65 randomly generated grocery stores located in three metropolitan areas, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Denver, Colorado. Retail beef package data were collected on 462 ground products, 175 roast products, and 756 steak products. There was some evidence retail beef brands command a price premium compared with unbranded, generic products. In this study, branding programs classified as “special” (i.e. no antibiotics, no hormones, all natural) offered the largest price...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef; Hedonic pricing; Marketing; Retail beef brands; Retail prices.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37571

SHORT-PERIOD PRICING MODELS FOR FED CATTLE AND IMPACTS OF WHOLESALE CARCASS BEEF AND LIVE CATTLE FUTURES MARKET PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30079

A Review of Causes for and Consequences of Economic Concentration in the U.S. Meatpacking Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Clear and continuing changes in the structure of the U.S. meatpacking industry have significantly increased economic concentration since the mid-1970s. Concentration levels are among the highest of any industry in the United States, and well above levels generally considered to elicit non-competitive behavior and result in adverse economic performance, thereby triggering antitrust investigations and subsequent regulatory actions. Many agricultural economists and others deem this development paradoxical. While several civil antitrust lawsuits have been filed against the largest meatpacking firms, there have been no major antitrust decisions against those firms and there have been no significant federal government antitrust cases brought against the largest...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45696

Economic Effects of Bovine Respiratory Disease on Feedlot Cattle during Backgrounding and Finishing Phases
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Kathleen R.; Raper,   Kellie Curry; Ward,   Clement E.; Holland,   Ben P.; Krehbiel,   Clint.
This research examines the economic effects of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) on backgrounding and finishing phases of cattle production.  This research measures the effectiveness of using serum haptoglobin (Hp) concentration to predict BRD occurrence and the impact of multiple treatments for BRD infection on cattle performance and returns.  During the backgrounding phase, 222 heifers were grouped by Hp level. After the backgrounding phase, 193 heifers were then grouped by number of BRD treatments in the finishing phase.  Net returns decreased in the backgrounding phase and the combined phases as the number of BRD treatments increased. Hp concentrations had no significant effects on net returns.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bovine respiratory disease; Haptoglobin; Net returns; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45849

EXAMINING THE FED CATTLE CHOICE-SELECT DISCOUNT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hogan,   Robert J., Jr.; Ward,   Clement E.
The choice-select discount in fed cattle pricing grids is a significant factor in determining the net grid price.  Cursory analysis of data since 1997 evidences a structural change approximately when USDA-AMS mandatory price reporting began.  This is important for producers/feeders deciding when to feed and market fed cattle.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35549

Success Factors for New Generation Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlberg,   Jared G.; Ward,   Clement E.; Holcomb,   Rodney B.
The goal of this research was to determine success factors for New Generation Cooperatives (NGCs). A self-explicated approach was used to assess the importance of various factors grouped in broad categories using data collected from a mailout survey of NGC managers. Results suggest that factors in the "Planning and Development" and "Financing and Costs" categories are considered to be critically important by NGC managers, though differences in factor rankings exist between managers of enterprises involved in the processing of different commodities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: New Generation Cooperative; Self-explication; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8208

TOWARD A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CARCASS BEEF MARKET - WEAK FORM TEST OF THE EFFICIENT MARKETS MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29386

Implicit Value of Retail Beef Product Attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Dutton,   Jennifer M.
To identify the value consumers place on observable characteristics of fresh beef products, primary data were collected on over 1,350 packages of beef from 66 randomly selected grocery stores located in three metropolitan areas--Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Denver, Colorado.  Estimated linear and log-linear hedonic models reveal ground beef prices were significantly influenced by store location (i.e., metropolitan area) and store type, fat content, package size and type, expiration date, brand category, and special labels.  Factors influencing steak prices included store location, product type, quality grade, package size and type, brand category, and special labels.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Brands; Hedonic models; Marketing; Prices; Retail; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46561

Producer Support for Checkoff Programs: The Case of Beef
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chung,   Chanjin; Norwood,   F. Bailey; Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94413

PRICE DISCOVERY ISSUES AND TRENDS IN CATTLE AND HOG MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schroeder,   Ted C.; Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36418

Market Signals Transmitted by Grid Pricing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Heather C.; Ward,   Clement E.
Grid pricing improves the flow of information to producers, but market signals sent by grids may not be clearly understood. This study uses a two-stage Coefficients of Separate Determination process, four sets of fed cattle carcass data, and sensitivity analyses to identify market signals sent by grid pricing. Weight sends a stronger market signal than carcass quality characteristics such as quality and yield grade. Although grids are shaping production, market signals indicate that lower quality carcasses are penalized more than higher quality carcasses are rewarded. Sensitivity analyses suggest changes in quality and yield grade discounts have the greatest impact on market signals.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef cattle; Coefficients of Separate Determination; Grid pricing; Market signals; Value-based marketing; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30980

THE EFFECT OF CONTRACTING ON PRICING DYNAMICS IN THE FED CATTLE MARKET:  AN EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lyford,   Conrad P.; Hicks,   R. Todd; Ward,   Clement E.; Trapp,   James N.; Peel,   Derrell S.
The increased amount of contracting in many agricultural markets continues to be a source of considerable controversy.  Some research indicates that increased levels of contracting lead to better prices for processors/users while other research is inconclusive.  This article uses an experimental economics approach to study the effects on prices of systematic variations in contracting levels using an experimental model of the fed cattle market.  Using experimental economics allowed the control of contracting levels and other variables (e.g. supply levels) that are not possible using industry data.  Pricing dynamics changed considerably with increased levels of contracting, but the mean price level was found to be not related to contracting levels.  The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20535

Management Production Systems and Timing Strategies for Cull Cows
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amadou,   Zakou; Ward,   Clement E.; Raper,   Kellie Curry; Cook,   Billy; Biermacher,   Jon T.
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/04/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Cull cows; Management; Marketing; Production systems; Timing; Farm Management; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46593

MERITS OF VALUE DISCOVERY ALTERNATIVES FOR FED CATTLE AND CARCASSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Wheeler,   Tommy L.; Mintert,   James R.; Drouillard,   James.
Grid pricing is an increasingly popular method of pricing fed cattle.  However, there are several issues related to grid pricing.  This paper discusses those issues and alternatives both for base prices in grids and the premium-discount grids themselves.  Included is information on the status of objective grading of carcasses.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35977

CAPTIVE SUPPLY TRENDS AND IMPACTS SINCE THE ADVENT OF MANDATORY PRICE REPORTING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Hornung,   Jonathan T.
Captive supplies have been a contentious issue in the livestock industry for fifteen years and the subject of both theoretical and empirical research. In 2001, mandatory price reporting was implemented. One objective by its proponents was to increase the amount of information available on captive supplies. This paper examines data now available as a result of mandatory price reporting to determine what additional information is available compared to previously. Second, several models were specified and estimated to determine the impacts captive supplies had on fed cattle prices in the two years following implementation of mandatory price reporting. Models showed mixed results. There was a consistent negative effect on cash market prices from formula priced...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19016

MARKET ADJUSTMENT INSIGHTS: PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hornung,   Jonathan T.; Ward,   Clement E.
Producers, researchers, and policy makers have an interest in market effects from meatpacking plant closings and openings.  This paper presents results from a study taking a dual approach to determining impacts from an anticipated hog slaughtering plant opening and an unexpected fed cattle slaughtering plant closing.  Secondary data are used in a price differences and partial adjustment model.  Primary data are used in a logit model.  Results indicate a clearer price effect from the plant opening than the plant closing.  Primary data provide additional insight into the dynamics related to the two plant events.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36268

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FED CATTLE MARKET SHARES AND PRICES PAID BY BEEFPACKERS IN LOCALIZED MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Industrial organization theory hypothesizes that larger beefpackers can depress prices paid for cattle.  Prices paid between at least two beefpackers in some localized markets studies were found to be significantly different for the one-month study period.  However, larger beefpackers in each market paid neither lower or higher prices than the smallest buyer, with just one exception.  No significant relationship was found between market shares of buyers and average prices paid for cattle.  Thus, the hypothesis that larger beefpackers pay significantly lower prices was rejected.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32415

CATTLE FEEDER PERCEPTIONS OF LIVESTOCK MANDATORY PRICE REPORTING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grunewald,   Sarah; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Ward,   Clement E.
Because of the significant investment in the mandatory price reporting program (MPR) by the USDA and by packers, it is important to understand what producers believe about its effectiveness. This study reports results from a survey of feedyards located primarily in Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and Iowa. Results indicate a diversity of opinion regarding MPR effectiveness. On average producers are neutral to negative regarding the value of MPR to them. Interestingly, feedlot characteristics appear to have little systematic relationship to the manager's perceptions regarding the usefulness of MPR.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19056

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF COMPETITION IN THE PRICE DISCOVERY PROCESS FOR SLAUGHTER LAMBS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Buyer competition in the price discovery process for slaughter lambs at an Oklahoma teleauction was studied.  Number of buyers positively influenced both absolute and relative sale prices but did not significantly affect buyer gross margins.  Buyer market shares also affected prices paid and buyer gross margins.  Thus, competition among buyers was found to be important in the price discovery process.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32367

SUCCESS FACTORS FOR VALUE ADDED NEW GENERATION COOPERATIVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlberg,   Jared G.; Holcomb,   Rodney B.; Ward,   Clement E.
Two surveys of New Generation Cooperative (NGC) managers were carried out to ascertain the factors most important to their success.  Factors in the Planning and Development as well as the Financing and Cost categories were most important, and NGCs with more employees and more members' equity are most successful.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35095

Comparing Canadian and U.S. Cattle Feeding Pricing Practices and Perceptions of Pricing Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Carlberg,   Jared G.; Brocklebank,   Andrea.
Competition among beef packing firms, use of so-called captive supply, and methods of price discovery have been prolonged, contentious issues in the U.S. beef industry for two decades or more. While of lesser apparent concern in Canada for many years, these same matters rose to the forefront of beef industry issues after the Canada–U.S. border closure that resulted from Canada’s first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in May 2003.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46434