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| Martinez, Stephen W.; Sharples, Jerry A.. |
| The world's grain stocks are providing more world market stability than they did prior to 1978. Even though the volatility of world grain production increased since 1978, global consumption volatility declined. Grain production variability in the Soviet Union, United States, and Argentina appear to be major potential sources of instability to world grain markets, though much production variability in the Soviet Union and the U.S. is offset by their own stock adjustments. U.S. stocks have played a major stabilizing role on world grain markets. EC grain stocks in recent years have also played a stabilizing role. Reductions in U.S. and EC grain stock levels, a possible result of trade liberalization talks, could have important implications for market... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 1991 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51144 |
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| Martinez, Stephen W.; Hand, Michael S.; Da Pra, Michelle; Pollack, Susan L.; Ralston, Katherine L.; Smith, Travis A.; Vogel, Stephen J.; Clark, Shellye; Lohr, Luanne; Low, Sarah A.; Newman, Constance. |
| This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. There is no consensus on a definition of “local” or “local food systems” in terms of the geographic distance between production and consumption. But defining “local” based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers’ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Local food systems; Farmers’ markets; Direct-to-consumer marketing; Direct-to-retail/ foodservice marketing; Community supported agriculture; Farm to school programs; Farmers’ Market Promotion Program; Food miles; Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96635 |
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| Martinez, Stephen W.. |
| Recent changes in structure of the U.S. pork industry reflect, in many ways, past changes in the broiler industry. Production contracts and vertical integration in the broiler industry facilitated rapid adoption of new technology, improved quality control, assured market outlets for broilers, and provided a steady flow of broilers for processing. Affordable, high-quality chicken products have contributed to continual increases in U.S. chicken consumption, which has surpassed pork and beef on a per capita basis. Incentives for contracting and vertical integration in the pork industry may yield comparable results. If so, these arrangements might be expected to result in larger supplies of higher quality pork products at economical prices. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Vertical coordination; Vertical integration; Contracts; Transaction costs; Technology; Chicken; Pork; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34031 |
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| Harris, James Michael; Kaufman, Phillip R.; Martinez, Stephen W.; Price, Charlene C.. |
| This report focuses on recent trends in the food supply chain. Chapters on food manufacturing, wholesaling, grocery retailing, and food service provide a detailed overview of structure, performance, information systems, new technology, and foreign direct investments. The report also contains a comprehensive set of appendix tables containing sales, concentration, trade, productivity, and other indicators. At the time of publication, most of the data sets used in this report included data through the year 2000. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Consolidation; Concentration; Trade; Sales; Technology; Profits; Foreign direct investment; Industrial Organization; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34001 |
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| Martinez, Stephen W.. |
| Significant changes in vertical coordination of the U.S. broiler industry many years ago may provide useful insight into the rapid changes occurring in today's pork industry. Under production contracts and vertical integration, the broiler industry developed and grew into the leader in U.S. meat production-outpacing beef and pork. Production efficiencies, quality assurances, and convenience in product offerings have led to falling chicken prices and rising per capita consumption. Incentives for contracting in the pork industry are similar to those in the broiler industry in many ways. The similarities suggest that consumers may also expect plentiful supplies of high-quality pork products at economical prices. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33759 |
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| Martinez, Stephen W.. |
| Changes in vertical coordination in the U.S. broiler, turkey, and egg industries decades ago may provide useful insight into more recent developments in the U.S. pork industry. The need to protect relationship- specific investments created incentives for contracts and vertical integration. In the presence of relationship-specific investments, market uncertainty from a number of sources helped determine the type of contract/vertical coordination alternative selected. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33773 |
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| Martinez, Stephen W.; Zering, Kelly D.. |
| This study addresses changes in the organization of the U.S. pork industry, most notably marketing contracts between packers and producers, by exploring their function in addressing pork quality concerns. A number of developments brought quality concerns to the forefront. These include health concerns and corresponding preferences for lean pork, a decline in other quality attributes, heightened concerns over food safety and related regulatory programs, and expansion into global markets. Organizational arrangements can facilitate industry efforts to address pork quality needs by reducing measuring costs, controlling quality attributes that are difficult to measure, facilitating adaptations to changing quality standards, and reducing transaction costs... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Contracts; Transaction costs; Measuring technology; Measuring costs; Pork; Quality; Leanness; Safety; Carcass pricing; Vertical integration; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33973 |
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| Martinez, Stephen W.. |
| Local foods are a growing but small component of U.S. agriculture. Local foods typically refers to foods produced near their point of consumption, but there is no consensus as to what distances constitute local. Other characteristics are also used to define local foods, including production methods, types of producers, and whether the foods are sold directly to consumers or to food distributors. |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121427 |
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| Martinez, Stephen W.; Norton, George W.. |
| A procedure is described for evaluating poultry and egg research projects. A peer review questionnaire and benefit-cost analysis are utilized incorporating elasticities from an econometric model for poultry and eggs. Production, cost, and price changes are used to calculate changes in producer surplus and net economic surplus for a set of privately funded publicly conducted research projects. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Public Economics. |
| Ano: 1986 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29453 |
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