Trade-Related Policy and Canadian-U.S. Fed Cattle Transactions Basis

Lee Schulz, Ted Schroeder and Clement Ward

Staff General Research Papers Archive from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Price differences among fed cattle prices in Canada and the United States (referred to here as fed cattle basis) are important for Canadian cattle feeders, but changing government regulations in Canada and the United States have made basis more variable. This article uses transaction data from Canadian feedlots to quantify fed cattle price differentials in light of new policy initiatives. Using transaction prices, we find that differing slaughter regulations, labeling laws, and policies affecting access to U.S. markets for Canadian cattle affect fed cattle basis.

Keywords: basis; Canada; cattle prices; government policy; international trade; market access; transaction prices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q13 Q18 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-07-31
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Published in Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, August 2011, vol. 36 no. 2, pp. 313-325

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