The Efficacy of the Grid Marketing Channel for Fed Cattle

Scott Fausti, Bashir A. Qasmi and Matthew Diersen ()

No 6884, 2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Beef industry data suggest that carcass yield and quality grades have shown little improvement over the last six years. Trend analysis of grid market share and carcass quality suggests that grid pricing has not made sufficient progress in achieving the goals envisioned for it as a value based marketing system.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6884

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