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Concentration in Agriculture: A Report of the USDA Advisory Committee on Agricultural Concentration

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Excerpts from the Executive Summary: This report reflects the committee’s collective judgment concerning current agricultural issues that arise from increasing concentration among processing and marketing firms which buy farm products and issues associated with mergers and consolidations in the rail industry. The committee has reviewed existing scientific studies and reports from academic scholars and from government agencies. We have studied the reports of analyses commissioned by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) concerning concentration in the livestock and meat industries. We have encouraged and received input and advice from trade associations and other industry experts. We have heard the concerns and advice of farmers and others in a public hearing. We have considered the current interpretation and use of antitrust policy. Our findings and recommendations emphasize concentration and its effect on competitive conditions in livestock and poultry markets from producer to consumer, in railcar allocation, and in areas in which concentration introduces or aggravates other social concerns, such as the vitality of rural communities or their quality of life.

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  • USDA Advisory Committee on Agricultural Concentration, 1996. "Concentration in Agriculture: A Report of the USDA Advisory Committee on Agricultural Concentration," Analysis 329336, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamstr:329336
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.329336
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    1. Kim, Jong-Jin & Zheng, Xiaoyong, 2015. "Effects of Alternative Marketing Arrangements on the Spot Market Price Distribution in the U.S. Hog Market," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 40(2), pages 1-24, May.
    2. Castle, Emery N., 1998. "Agricultural Industrialization in the American Countryside," Policy Studies Program Reports, Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, number 134118, January.
    3. Schroeder, Ted C. & Ward, Clement E. & Mintert, James & Peel, Derrell S., 1998. "Beef Industry Price Discovery: A Look Ahead," Staff Papers 232524, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

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