IMPORTANT READING
May 19, 2007, “Solutions From the Phantom Hunters, By Steve Dittmer, Agribusiness Freedom Foundation
May 19, 2007, “The Search for Sasquatch, By Steve Dittmer, Agribusiness Freedom Foundation
June 2006, Effects of Food Industry Mergers on Employment and Wages, USDA Amber Waves
April 2001, The New U.S. Meat Industry, The Main Street Economist, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
Livestock and Meat Marketing Study Final Reports GIPSA, USDA (2007)
Antitrust Modernization Commission: Report and Recommendations (2007)
Spot and Alternative Marketing Arrangements in the Livestock and Meat Industries, GIPSA, USDA (2005)
Agricultural Concentration USDA (2004)
Economic and Structural Relationships in U.S. Hog Production Economic Research Service, USDA (2003)
Interstate Livestock Movement Economic Research Service, USDA (2003)
Controversies in Livestock Pricing Economic Research Service, USDA (2002)
Where's the Beef? Small Farms Produce Majority of Cattle Economic Research Service, USDA (2002)
Structural Change and Competition in Seven U.S. Food Markets Economic Research Service, USDA (2000)
Consolidation in Meatpacking: Causes and Concerns Economic Research Service, USDA (2000)
Packer Concentration and Captive Supplies Clement E. Ward, Oklahoma State University (1999)
USDA Actions on Concentration USDA (1999)
Consolidation in U.S. Meatpacking Economic Research Service, USDA (1999)
Concentration in the Red Meat Packing Industry, Packers and Stockyards Program, GIPSA, USDA (1996)
Beef Industry Packer Market Concentration and Cattle Prices, General Accounting Office (1990)
April 17, 2007, Review of Competition in the U.S. Livestock and Meat Markets
July 23, 2003, Government Oversight of the Meat and Poultry Industry
June 21, 2003, The Role of Government in Today's Livestock Marketing System
