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| Lawrence, John D.; Muth, Mary K.; Taylor, Justin; Koontz, Stephen R.. |
| The meat value chain is a complex organization with multiple participants performing numerous value added functions. Perhaps the most complex and least well understood segment is that downstream from the packer, e.g., the processor, wholesaler, exporter, retailer and food service (or restaurant) operator. One portion of the Livestock and Meat Marketing Study provided an overview of marketing and pricing methods used in this sector and, in particular, the results of analyses of the relationship between use of alternative marketing arrangements (AMAs) and the distribution and sales of meat products downstream from the packer. The analyses include both beef and pork products, are descriptive and focus on the relationships among industry articipants beyond... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Downstream meat marketing; Alternative marketing arrangements; Supply chain. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37561 |
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| Muth, Mary K.; Liu, Yanyan; Koontz, Stephen R.; Lawrence, John D.. |
| Information on typical differences in prices and price risk (as measured by the variances of prices) across marketing arrangements aids fed cattle producers in making choices about methods to use for selling fed cattle to beef packers. This information is also useful for policy discussions on merits and drawbacks of alternative marketing arrangements. As part of the congressionally mandated Livestock and Meat Marketing Study, we investigated differences in prices and price risk for fed cattle cash market and alternative marketing arrangements. The modeling approach, which is similar to a hedonic model, controls for differences in cattle quality and delivery month and accounts for the within- and across-week correlation in prices. The analysis uses a recent... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Alternative marketing arrangements; Fed cattle; Prices; Price volatility; Price risk; Hedonic. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37578 |
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