The North American Beef Industry in Transition: New Consumer Demands and Supply Chain Responses

by Brocklebank, Andrea M.; Hobbs, Jill E.; Kerr, William A.

• ISBN13: 9781604561210
• ISBN10: 1604561211
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Table of Contents

New Consumer Food Requirements and the Challenge for the Agri-food Industry	p. 1
The Beef Industry In The North American Marketplace	p. 7
The Economics of Supply Chains	p. 27
A Framework for Assessing Supply Chain Relationships	p. 45
Cow-Calf Operators and Changing Supply Chains	p. 71
Supply Chain Alliances	p. 109
Insights for the Agri-food Sector	p. 141
References	p. 149
Cow-Calf Operator Survey	p. 157
Beef Alliance Survey	p. 167
Index	p. 175
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