The Japanese beef import quota will be a crucial component of US-Japanese discussions in the upcoming round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. The focus will be on the economic issues, including the effects of policy alternatives to the quota on the Japanese cattle industry and beef imports....

Exporting high-valued products in general, and meat and meat products in particular, has not been a marketing alternative explored by many purveyors of such products, A series of interviews with executives of successful meat exporting firms was conducted to determine alternative successful...

This article utilizes dynamic simulation analysis to consider the likely consequences of the 1988 Japanese Beef Market Access Agreement (BMAA) on the Japanese livestock industry and beef imports. The results lead to a number of conclusions. Beef imports will increase to the new quota level in...

Evaluations of commodity checkoff programs generally involve benefit-costs analyses. The typical benefit-cost approach, however, provides no clear criteria for judging whether program benefits exceeds the costs sufficiently to warrant continuation of the program. This article proposes a method...

This article assesses the potential problems and opportunities for expanding the use of cottonseed meal (CSM) as a protein supplement in animal feed rations. The primary tool of analysis was a national survey of feed formulators to analyze the key factors influencing their selection or...

The Foreign Agricultural Service and the American Soybean Association cooperate in one of the oldest and largest foreign market development programs. Over the years, soybean promotional efforts have had a modest yet significant effect on the United States soybean industry. Other sectors of US...

Traditional market power analyses of the U.S. cigarette manufacturing industry consider monopoly power exertion by manufacturers in selling cigarettes to consumers. Market characteristics combined with government policy make it plausible that manufacturers exert monopsony market power in...

Much opportunity exists to increase economic returns from the artificial insemination, dairy sire selection decision. This article measures potential returns to producers with alternative objective functions, management and financial characteristics. The costs of wrong decisions from incorrect...

Comparative hypotheses are statistically tested for a random sample of Texas producers who perceive themselves as profit maximizers and those who do not. Those who assert that they are in the cow-calf business primarily to maximize profits have on average larger herd sizes and acreage, they earn...