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CARD Livestock Model Documentation: Beef

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  • Helen H. Jensen
  • Stanley R. Johnson
  • Seung Houll Shin
  • Karl D. Skold

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The U.S. beef industry has experienced continuing structural change. The size of production enterprises within the industry has expanded while the total number of producers has decreased. The percentage of fed cattle from large commercial feedlots (capacity greater than 1,000 head) has increased from less than 39 percent in 1964 to over 73 percent in 1981 (Van Arsdall and Nelson 1983). Large commercial producers have lower costs per head than smaller operations and are able to produce beef on a year-round basis, reducing seasonality within the industry. Also, through improved production practices and technological innovation, beef cow-calf producers have increased calving rates, reduced death loss, increased the rate of gain, and increased feed efficiency. These improvements are attributed to improved breeding techniques and disease control as well as to the increased use of growth-stimulating implants and feed additives (Gilliam 1985).

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  • Helen H. Jensen & Stanley R. Johnson & Seung Houll Shin & Karl D. Skold, 1989. "CARD Livestock Model Documentation: Beef," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 88-tr2, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
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    1. Liang, Jing, 2010. "Three essays on food safety and foodborne illness," ISU General Staff Papers 201001010800002782, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    2. Eswaramoorthy, K., 1991. "U.S. livestock production and factor demand: a multiproduct dynamic dual approach," ISU General Staff Papers 1991010108000010523, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    3. Jingjing Wang & Xiaoyang Wang & Xiaohua Yu, 2023. "Shocks, cycles and adjustments: The case of China's Hog Market under external shocks," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(3), pages 703-726, July.
    4. Grundmeier, Eric & Hayes, Dermot, 1990. "An Examination of the Likely Impact of the Withdrawal of Bovine Growth Promotants on the U.S. Beef Industry," 1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada 271032, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    5. Manchanda, Sumit & Kliebenstein, James B. & McKean, James D., 1995. "Economic Comparison of Alternatives to Sulfamethazine Use in Pork Production," ISU General Staff Papers 199507010700001265, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    6. Buhr, Brian L., 1993. "A Quarterly Econometric Simulation Model Of The U.S. Livestock And Meat Sector," Staff Papers 13465, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.

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