Beef tenderness is critical in consumer satisfaction with beef steak products. Current fed cattle valuation systems do … willing to pay more for tender relative to tough beef steak. This article develops a tenderness-augmentation to current fed … is present to improve beef tenderness through new price signals to producers. …

The beef industry in the United States consists of several distinct production levels ranging from the cow … the relationships within the beef industry may allow researchers to fine-tune analyses of environmental issues in the beef …

This study estimates the value of policies that would mandate labeling of beef from cattle produced with growth … hormones or fed genetically modified corn. At no cost, 85 percent of resondents desired mandatory labeling of beef produced … with growth hormones and 64 percent of respondents preferred mandatory labeling of beef fed genetically modified corn …

In order to estimate demand elasticities of source differentiated beef in South Korea, this study used the quantity of … an endogenous demand system derived through maximizing the economic welfare of market participants including local beef … consumers and local and foreign beef suppliers. The demand system is then weighted with respect to quality adjustment parameters …

determine the potential success of a stand-alone retail outlet selling “all natural†beef in an affluent area of Jackson, MS …. Using choice-based conjoint analysis, demand for the new retail outlet is modeled as a function of the beef price at the … price of beef at substitute grocery stores. Simulation results suggest the proposed outlet could be a profitable venture …

Scientists and beef industry participants are investigating ways to improve the healthiness of beef. We report results … of a nationwide mail survey developed to determine consumers’ preferences for fat content in ground beef and identify … how consumers would most like to improve the healthiness of beef. The results from a choice-based conjoint experiment …

to beef ribeye steaks, chicken breasts, and pork chops, all labeled as “Certified U.S.†products. A consumer survey …