Anti-corporate farming laws and industry structure: The case of cattle feeding

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1000-1014

  Schroeter, John R ^a   Azzam, Azzeddine M ^b   Aiken, J David ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle feedlots; Industry structure; Markov probability model

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FARMING SYSTEM; FEEDING; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; OWNERSHIP;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33750082702     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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