Producer perceptions and attitudes toward hog marketing contracts

Agribusiness

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-424

  Boessen, Chris ^a   Parcell, Joe ^a   Franken, Jason ^a   Lawrence, John ^b   Plain, Ron ^a   Grimes, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956440945     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20229     Document Type: Article

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