IMPORTANT READING

Articles

July 27, 2010 USD

July 27, 2010, House Committee: Packers and Stockyards Rule Went Around Congress, By Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Ag Week

July 26, 2010 USDA-GIPSA Gets a Trip to the Woodshed, By Steve Cornett, Ag Web

July 23, 2010, Senators Press Vilsack to Extend GIPSA Rule, Feedstuffs

July 20, 2010, GIPSA Rule Draws Bipartisan Fire, By Chris Clayton, DTN

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

February 2005, Structural Change in the Meat, Poultry, Dairy and Grain Processing Industries, USDA Economic Research Service

April 2003, Churning Out the Links: Vertical Integration in the Beef and Pork Industries, Choices Magazine

April 2001, The New U.S. Meat Industry, The Main Street Economist, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank


Related studies

Livestock and Meat Marketing Study Final Reports GIPSA, USDA (2007)

Antitrust Modernization Commission: Report and Recommendations (2007)

Food Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Lead to Higher Labor Productivity, Economic Research Service, USDA (2006)

Market Integration of the North American Animal Producers Complex, Economic Research Service, USDA (2005)

Spot and Alternative Marketing Arrangements in the Livestock and Meat Industries, GIPSA, USDA (2005)

Structural Changes in the Meat, Poultry, Dairy, and Grain Processing Industries, Economic Research Service, USDA (2005)

Effect of Food Industry Mergers and Acquisitions on Employment and Wages, Economic Research Service, 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)

Technological Changes in Beef and Pork Production: Effects on Marketing Margins and Prices John M. Marsh, Gary W. Brester, Department of Agricultural Economics, Montana State University (2003)

U.S. Hog and Poultry Marketing: Similar Paths, Similar Outcomes? Economic Research Service, USDA (2003)

Controversies in Livestock Pricing Economic Research Service, USDA (2002)

The U.S. Food Marketing System, 2002: Competition, Coordination and Technological Innovations in the 21st Century
Economic Research Service, USDA (2002)

Vertical Coordination of Marketing Systems: Lessons from the Poultry, Egg and Pork Industries,
Economic Research Service, USDA (2002)

Where's the Beef? Small Farms Produce Majority of Cattle Economic Research Service, USDA (2002)

Comments on Economic Impacts of Proposed Legislation to Prohibit Beef and Pork Packer Ownership,
Feeding or Control of Livestock (2002)

Statement of JoAnn Waterfield, Deputy Administrator, Packers and Stockyards Programs, GIPSA, USDA,
before the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (2001)

Structural Change and Competition in Seven U.S. Food Markets Economic Research Service, USDA (2000)

Structural Change and Competition in U.S. Chicken and Turkey Slaughter Economic Research Service, USDA (2000)

FoodReview: Understanding Structural Change in the Food Industry Economic Research Service, USDA (2000)

Consolidation in Meatpacking: Causes and Concerns Economic Research Service, USDA (2000)

Econometric Analysis of Fed Cattle Procurement in the Texas Panhandle Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1999)

Packer Concentration and Captive Supplies Clement E. Ward, Oklahoma State University (1999)

U.S. Beef Industry: Cattle Cycles, Price Spreads and Packer Concentration, Economic Research Service, USDA (1999)

USDA Actions on Concentration USDA (1999)

Vertical Coordination in the Pork and Broiler Industries: Implications for Pork and Chicken Products
Economic Research Service, USDA (1999)

Consolidation in U.S. Meatpacking Economic Research Service, USDA (1999)

Agricultural Concentration James Mintert, Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University (1998)

Packer Concentration, Captive Supplies and Feed Cattle Prices John D. Lawrence, Director, Iowa Beef Center (1998)

Concentration in the Red Meat Packing Industry, Packers and Stockyards Program, GIPSA, USDA (1996)

Effects of Concentration on Prices Paid for Cattle Packers and Stockyards Programs, GIPSA, USDA (1996)

Statement of David Turetsky, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Sentate (8/1995)

Managing for Today's Cattle Market and Beyond, Packer Concentration and Captive Supplies, Oklahoma State University, Kansas State University (1994)

Beef Industry Packer Market Concentration and Cattle Prices, General Accounting Office (1990)

 

Testimony/Comments

June 30, 2010, AMI Letter Requesting Extension to Comment Period of Proposed GIPSA 'Undue Preferences' Rule

July 21, 2010, Testimony of USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to House Agriculture Committee

January 5, 2010, Comments to U.S. Department of Justice

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

 

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