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u.s. beef industry: cattle cycles, price spreads, and packer concentration
United Economic Research Service (Ers)
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Kenneth H. Matthews
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William Hahn
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Bibliogov
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u.s. beef industry: cattle cycles, price spreads, and packer concentration - Economic Research Service (Ers), United ; Matthews, Kenneth H. ; Hahn, William
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Synopsis "u.s. beef industry: cattle cycles, price spreads, and packer concentration"
In early 1996, the peak in the current cycle of cattle inventories coincided with a long list of negative factors--negative returns at the farm and feedlot, record-high feed grain prices, a severe drought in 1995-96, widening farm-retail price spreads, a low farmers' share of the consumers' Choice beef dollar, and reports of high profits for beefpackers. This confluence created an atmosphere in which some producers and members of Congress questioned whether the cattle industry was adversely affected by high packer concentration and market power. This report examines the cattle cycle of the 1990's to determine if there are differences from previous cattle cycles and, if so, how and why any differences occurred.
