The Effects of U.S. Meat Packing and Livestock Production Technologies on Marketing Margins and Prices
Real livestock prices and farm-wholesale marketing margins have steadily declined over the past 20 years. Studies examining the causes of these declines have generally failed to account directly for technological change in livestock production and red meat slaughtering. We estimate reduced-form mode...
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| Language: | English |
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
2001-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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| Online Access: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31052 |