One aspect of increasing market channel coordination in the swine industry is the offering of long-term market contracts by pork processors to swine producers. This paper seeks to examine the existing contracts and develop a theoretical framework for analyzing jointly optimal levels of contracting.
Details
Title
FORMULA MARKET CONTRACTS IN THE SWINE INDUSTRY
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/14483
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/14483
Language
English
Total Pages
20
Series Statement
Proceedings of the Sixth Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, August 31 - September 2, 1998, Minneapolis, Minnesota