The Industrialization of Agriculture

by Royer, Jeffrey S.; Rogers, Richard T.

• ISBN13: 9781840143829
• ISBN10: 1840143827
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd

Summary

This collection of papers from leading experts provides both extensive and intensive coverage of the industrialization of agriculture that continues to exert itself on the American landscape, forcing changes in agricultural production, marketing and the rural communities caught in the middle. This book gives a thorough overview of the issues involved in industrialization and vertical coordination, covering both the economic theory and applied business literatures.

Author Biography

Jeanine Koenig Balbach, Robert A. Levy Fellow in Law and Liberty, George Mason University School of Law. Kingsley Bash, strategic planning specialist, Chemonics International. Michael Boehlje, professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. Stephen P. Davies, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University. Satish Y. Deodhar, post-doctoral research associate, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. Stanley M. Fletcher, professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. William E. Foster, professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Stuart D. Frank, agricultural economist, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Roger G. Ginder, professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University. Dennis R. Henderson, professor emeritus, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ohio State University. David A. Hennessy, assistant professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University. Garth John Holloway, assistant professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California-Davis. John E. Ikerd, extension professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia. Carolyn Betts Liebrand, agricultural economist, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. K. Charles Ling, agricultural economist, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. V. James Rhodes, professor emeritus, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia. Jeffrey S. Royer, professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Loic Sauvee, associate professor, Department of Management Sciences, Institut Superieur Agricole de Beauvais. Lee F. Schrader, professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. Tomislav Vukina, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University. Kelly Zering, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix	(2)
Preface	xi
PART I: OVERVIEW OF VERTICAL COORDINATION	3	(112)
1 The Industrialization of Agriculture: Questions of Coordination	3	(24)
Michael Boehlje
Lee F. Schrader
2 Toward an Institutional Analysis of Vertical Coordination in Agribusiness	27	(46)
Loic Sauvee
3 Market Structure, Vertical Integration, and Contract Coordination	73	(26)
Jeffrey S. Royer
4 Quantifying Vertical Coordination: Refinement of the Frank-Henderson Vertical Coordination Index	99	(16)
Dennis R. Henderson
Stuart D. Frank
PART II: CONTRACTS, GRADING, AND THE MARKETING CHANNEL	115	(90)
5 Contractual Arrangements at the Farm Gate	115	(18)
Garth John Holloway
6 Grower Response to Broiler Production Contract Design	133	(22)
Tomislav Vukina
William E. Foster
7 The Effect of Ownership on Contract Structure, Costs, and Quality: The Case of the U.S. Beet Sugar Industry	155	(30)
Jeanine Koenig Balbach
8 Microeconomics of Agricultural Commodity Grading: Impacts on the Marketing Channel	185	(20)
David A. Hennessy
PART III: INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE PORK SECTOR	205	(90)
9 The Changing U.S. Pork Industry: An Overview	205	(12)
Kelly Zering
10 The Industrialization of Hog Production	217	(24)
V. James Rhodes
11 Vertical Relationships and Producer Independence	241	(6)
Dennis R. Henderson
12 Alternative Models for the Future of Pork Production	247	(18)
Roger G. Ginder
13 Sustainable Agriculture: An Alternative Model for Future Pork Producers	265	(30)
John E. Ikerd
PART IV: FOREIGN INVESTMENT, CONSUMER IMPACTS, AND AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES	295
14 Vertical Integration in Agribusiness Foreign Investment	295	(24)
Kingsley Bash
Stephen P. Davies
15 The Peanut Program and Pass-through of Prices, Conjectural Variations, and Consumers' Welfare Gain	319	(14)
Satish Y. Deodhar
Stanley M. Fletcher
16 Dairy Cooperatives' Role in Vertical Coordination	333
K. Charles Ling
Carolyn Betts Liebrand