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U.S. Beef Industry: Cattle Cycles, Price Spreads, and Packer Concentration

U.S. Beef Industry: Cattle Cycles, Price Spreads, and Packer Concentration

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1249331358
ISBN13: 9781249331353
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: Sep 11 2012
Pages: 50
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.10 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
In early 1996, the peak in the current cycle of cattle inventories coincided with a long list of negative factors--negative returns at the farm and feedlot, record-high feed grain prices, a severe drought in 1995-96, widening farm-retail price spreads, a low farmers' share of the consumers' Choice beef dollar, and reports of high profits for beefpackers. This confluence created an atmosphere in which some producers and members of Congress questioned whether the cattle industry was adversely affected by high packer concentration and market power. This report examines the cattle cycle of the 1990's to determine if there are differences from previous cattle cycles and, if so, how and why any differences occurred.

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