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Farmers' Use of Marketing and Production Contracts

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  • Rural Economy Division
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Contracts are an integral part of the production and marketing of selected livestock commodities, such as broilers, turkeys, eggs, and milk. Such crops as fruit, vegetables, and sugar beets and cane are mostly produced under contracts. In the past, farm receipts were assumed to be distributed across all farm families in proportion to their production. Today, contractors receive a large share of farm receipts, formerly assumed to go to the operator's family. Contractors typically bear a large share of production and price risk, and earn the majority of net income from the commodity's production. Farmers may benefit by being able to expand their operations more rapidly than otherwise possible--perhaps with less debt and fewer financial risks.

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  • Farm Business Economics Branch & Rural Economy Division & Economic Research Service, 1996. "Farmers' Use of Marketing and Production Contracts," Agricultural Economic Reports 262041, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:262041
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262041
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    1. Goodhue, Rachael E., 1997. "Production Control and Production Contracts: Why Do Integrators Control Inputs?," 1997 Annual Meeting, July 13-16, 1997, Reno\ Sparks, Nevada 35908, Western Agricultural Economics Association.

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