Cow-Calf Producer Preferences for Voluntary Traceability Systems

Lee Schulz and Glynn Tonsor

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

Abstract: This article identifies preferences of US cow-calf producers for voluntary traceability systems to better identify the potential success of alternative voluntary traceability systems. Results suggest that notable heterogeneity exists between cow-calf producers in their preferences and the welfare effects of mandating traceability adoption. Producers are sensitive to price, managing entity and information requirements. We provide forecasts of voluntary participation rates under different price premium and discount scenarios that producers may face. This analysis has policy implications as success of voluntary traceability systems hinges critically upon cow-calf producer preferences.

Keywords: national animal identification system; animal traceability; cattle producer; cow-calf; voluntary traceability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q12 Q18 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-02-01
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Published in Journal of Agricultural Economics, February 2010, vol. 61 no. 1, pp. 138-162

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