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Title: FORMULA MARKET CONTRACTS IN THE SWINE INDUSTRY
Authors: Buhr, Brian L.
Smith, Rodney B.W.
Authors (Email): Buhr, Brian L. (bbuhr@umn.edu)
Smith, Rodney B.W. (smith142@umn.edu)
Issue Date: 1998
Series/Report no.: Proceedings of the Sixth Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, August 31 - September 2, 1998, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Abstract: One aspect of increasing market channel coordination in the swine industry is the offering of long-term market contracts by pork processors to swine producers. This paper seeks to examine the existing contracts and develop a theoretical framework for analyzing jointly optimal levels of contracting.
URI: http://purl.umn.edu/14483
Institution/Association: University of Minnesota>Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy>Conference Papers
Total Pages: 20
Language: English
Collections:Conference Papers

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