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9781840143829

The Industrialization of Agriculture

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  • ISBN13:

    9781840143829

  • ISBN10:

    1840143827

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-11-01
  • Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd
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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

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