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Dorfman, Jeffrey H.. |
What makes agriculture especially deserving of an active government safety net? What is different about agricultural production? Are we concerned about a safe and reliable food supply or about farmers' incomes and returns to assets? Those who make farm policy base their arguments on all of these points: the diffuse nature of agricultural production, the inherent production risk in agriculture, the need for a safe and reliable food supply, shortcomings in farm income, and low returns to assets in agriculture. This paper addresses these points and, in so doing, rules out some of these concerns as legitimate bases for current agricultural policies. By focusing on those that are genuine, U.S. farm policy could spend limited resources in areas where the most... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Farm income; Farm-sector safety net; Market power; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance. |
Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14707 |
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Clark, J. Stephen; Cechura, Lukas; Berhanu, Adugna. |
This study examines farm to wholesale prices spreads to measure the impact of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) disease outbreak on the Canadian beef industry. The study uses structure break tests developed by Gregory and Hansen (1996) and Hansen (1992) examine possible breaks within cointegrating relationships. The study finds evidence that the industry began a realignment as a result of the UK BSE disease outbreak, and the Canadian BSE disease outbreak was simply the largest realignment of the process beginning with the UK disease outbreak. However, the only statistically significant break was the BSE disease outbreak itself in May 2003. Stability was not restored until the border was reopened in 2005. Specific results indicated that the... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: BSE; Market power; Canada; Beef industry; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; International Relations/Trade. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114097 |
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Dimitri, Carolyn; Tegene, Abebayehu; Kaufman, Phillip R.. |
Retail consolidation, technological change in production and marketing, and growing consumer demand for produce have altered the traditional market relationships between producers, wholesalers, and retailers. Increasingly, produce suppliers are asked to provide additional marketing services and incentives in exchange for volume purchases and other commitments by buyers. This report synthesizes the results from a multiphase project that examined the dynamics of produce marketing, the produce shipper-retailer relationship, and how changes in the produce market affect the relative market influence of producers, retailers, and consumers. |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Fresh fruits and vegetables; Fresh produce; Fresh produce marketing channels; Supermarket; Market power; Competition; Trading practices; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33907 |
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Cotterill, Ronald W.. |
This article documents the need for reform of milk pricing in the Northeast. The New York price gouging law can be recast as a fair share law. This new milk policy "kills two birds with one stone." It corrects regional inequities in raw milk pricing by reforming the pricing of milk at retail by limiting and redistributing excessive retail margins to farmers and consumers. The fair share policy relieves allocative price inefficiency, improves the performance of the federal milk market order pool, and improves the general performance of the Northeast dairy farming and fluid milk industries. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Market power; Bargaining; Over-order premiums; Fair share pricing; Livestock Production/Industries. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10211 |
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Key, Nigel D.; MacDonald, James M.. |
The exercise of monopsony power by broiler processing firms is plausible because production occurs within localized complexes, which limits the number of integrators with whom growers can contract. In addition, growers face distinct hold-up risks as broiler production requires a substantial investment in specific assets and most production contracts do not involve long-term purchasing commitments by integrators. This paper provides an initial exploration of the links between the local concentration of broiler integrators and grower compensation under production contracts using data from the 2006 broiler version of USDA’s Agricultural Resource Management Survey. Results of this preliminary study, which accounts for characteristics of the operation and... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Poultry; Broilers; Market power; Monopsony; Production contracts; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6073 |
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Hall, R. Lee; Dorfman, Jeffrey H.; Gunter, Lewell F.. |
Three models of spatial competition are tested on retail price data for the agricultural chemical industry. Three empirical tests find no evidence of any spatial competition using data from sixty-five retailers and twelve different chemicals. Demand and supply-side variables have statistically significant, but economically trivial impacts on retail chemical prices. These results point to a virtually complete control of retail prices by the chemical manufacturers, likely through the rebate program they offer retailers. The oligopoly structure of the chemical manufacturing industry makes such control possible. The results suggest that consolidation of retailers or distributors will not have anti-competitive effects since price competition is essentially... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural chemicals; Market power; Spatial competition; Industrial Organization. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18984 |
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