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Factors That Influence Prices Producers Receive For Hogs: Statistical Analysis Of Killsheet And Survey Data

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  • John D. LAWRENCE

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This paper evaluates the results of a survey of Iowa pork producers, examining potential price discrimination by packers. Prices varied greatly across producers, and the examined variables explain just over half of the variation. Factors under the producer's control were the most significant variables and accounted for the vast majority of the explainable difference in price among producers. Packer buying systems also accounted for some difference in producer prices. Finally, variables related to operation size, while statistically significant, increased the explanatory values of the equation very little. KEYWORDS: Market access, carcass merit, hog marketing, price determination, price discrimination

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  • John D. LAWRENCE, 1996. "Factors That Influence Prices Producers Receive For Hogs: Statistical Analysis Of Killsheet And Survey Data," Staff Papers 279, Iowa State University Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:isuesp:279
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    1. Ronald Rich, 2008. "Fecal free: Biology and authority in industrialized Midwestern pork production," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 25(1), pages 79-93, January.
    2. Sanders, Dwight & Altman, Ira J. & Apgar, Gary, 2012. "Determinants of Profitability in Niche Swine Production," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2012, pages 1-12.
    3. Brorsen, B. Wade & Akridge, Jay T. & Boland, Michael A. & Mauney, Sean & Forrest, John C., 1998. "Performance Of Alternative Component Pricing Systems For Pork," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 30(2), pages 1-12, December.
    4. Sanders, Dwight & Apgar, Gary & Manfredo, Mark R., 2005. "Using Farm-Level Data to Improve Marketing and Planning: An Illustration with Live Hogs," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2005, pages 1-8.
    5. Kenyon, David & Purcell, Wayne, 1999. "Price Discovery and Risk Management in an Industrialized Pork Sector," Staff Papers 232539, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

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