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Structural Change And Market Performance In Agriculture: Critical Issues And Concerns About Concentration In The Pork Industry

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  • Paarlberg, Philip L.
  • Boehlje, Michael
  • Foster, Kenneth A.
  • Doering, Otto C., III
  • Tyner, Wallace E.

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We have witnessed profound changes in the pork sector over the last several years. These involve integration and concentration that raise issues of competitiveness in both input and product markets as well as issues of who bears risk and who reaps rewards. We see clear evidence of increased concentration, by several measures, to the point where public vigilance is warranted. Two major policy options are anti-trust action and increasing the market power of hog producers through institutional arrangements new to the hog industry. Better information in specific areas of concern is needed before informed public policy can be made with respect to either policy option, and the option of increasing producer market power will require active public support.

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  • Paarlberg, Philip L. & Boehlje, Michael & Foster, Kenneth A. & Doering, Otto C., III & Tyner, Wallace E., 1999. "Structural Change And Market Performance In Agriculture: Critical Issues And Concerns About Concentration In The Pork Industry," Staff Papers 28654, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:puaesp:28654
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.28654
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    1. Matson, James & Gehrke, Brad C., 2001. "Organizational and Operating Structures of a National Pork Producers Cooperative; Evaluation of Alternatives for Implementation of the Pork America "Umbrella" Model," 2001 Annual Meeting, October 30-31 31818, NCERA-194 Research on Cooperatives.
    2. Tomislav Vukina, 2003. "The Relationship between Contracting and Livestock Waste Pollution," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 25(1), pages 66-88.
    3. Gomez, Miguel I. & Zhang, Liying, 2000. "Impacts Of Concentration In Hog Production On Economic Growth In Rural Illinois: An Econometric Analysis," 2000 Annual meeting, July 30-August 2, Tampa, FL 21846, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    4. Poray, Michael C. & Gray, Allan W. & Boehlje, Michael, 2002. "Evaluation of Alternative Coordination Systems Between Producers and Packers in the Pork Value Chain," Staff Papers 200386, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    5. Carolina Liljenstolpe, 2008. "Evaluating animal welfare with choice experiments: an application to Swedish pig production," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(1), pages 67-84.
    6. Preckel, Paul V. & Boehlje, Michael & Gray, Allan W. & Kim, Sounghun, 2004. "Vertically Aligned Vs. Open Market Coordination: Dominance Or Co-Existence?," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 20099, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    7. Linda M. Young & Jill E. Hobbs, 2002. "Vertical Linkages in Agri-Food Supply Chains: Changing Roles for Producers, Commodity Groups, and Government Policy," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 24(2), pages 428-441.

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