Understanding U.S. consumer demand for milk production attributes

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-342

  Wolf, Christopher A ^a   Tonsor, Glynn T ^b   Olynk, Nicole J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family farm; Food safety; Grazing; Local; Milk; RbST; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755187570     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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