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The Case of Beef Demand: A Failure by the Discipline

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Industry leaders and some agricultural economists use flawed measures of demand for beef and fail to distinguish between a change in demand and a change in per capita consumption. The beef industry is not well informed on basic economic issues and that lack of information has contributed to forced disinvestment that has reached unprecedented levels. Agricultural economists have failed to educate, and our failures have come at a significant cost to society.

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  • Purcell, Wayne D., 1989. "The Case of Beef Demand: A Failure by the Discipline," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 4(2), pages 1-4.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaeach:130576
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.130576
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    20. McKendree, Melissa G.S. & Tonsor, Glynn T. & Schroder, Ted C. & Hendricks, Nathan P., 2017. "Changing Impacts of Beef Demand on Cattle Producers," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama 252730, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

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