Recent federal legislation requires U.S. meat packers to report detailed information about livestock and meat transactions. The goal of this legislation is to improve competitiveness within the livestock sector and improve decision making within the marketing channel. We discuss the effect of...

This article assesses factors influencing the location of agribusiness firms and evaluates their economic contribution to the local economy vis-a-vis other types of firms. Data are from a survey of 297 basic-sector firms (70 of which were agribusiness) in the Upper Midwest region. Factors...