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A 10 page overview of the modern beef industry. The author outlines the various levels of this industry starting with the producer and working up to the processor. The contention is presented that factors such as regulation and profitability have exerted pressure on the internal structure of the cattle business. Consequently, today we find few small players in this extremely important economic arena. While the industry is still comprised of a number of levels, each of those levels have been subjected to one degree or another to the influence of such factors as consolidation and the ever-strengthening control of large retail interests. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPbeefIn.rtf
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With some ninety-seven million head of cattle to its name, the
U.S. beef industry comprises a significant component of world economy (Kester, 2003). In 2000 the U.S. ranked only behind India, Brazil and China as the worlds top beef producer
(Kester, 2003). The U.S. meat industry as a whole comprises the largest segment of the overall U.S. agricultural economy (Kopp, 2003). Some 46,129 million pounds of meat was
produced in 2000 with a value in excess of $100 billion (Kopp, 2003). Beef alone comprised some 27,777 pounds and 36,249,000 head in the year 2000 (Kopp, 2003).
In 1999 $8.7 billion dollars of meat and meat products were exported (Kopp, 2003). The demand for this product is obviously high. In the U.S. meat consumption has
practically doubled since 1935 while its price (adjusted for inflation) has remained fairly constant (USDA, 2001). Some 218.4 pounds of meat per person are consumed annually and Kopp (2003)
suggests that of this total beef and veal comprise 70.1 pounds (Kopp, 2003). The USDA (2001) contends that per-capita beef consumption in 2000 was sixty-six pounds (USDA, 2001).
The beef industry is not only complex but also has undergone considerable evolution over time. Part of this evolution is related to changing consumer demands, other parts to technological
changes, and other parts to environmental concerns. The purpose of this paper is to review the various considerations which go into to cattle production, to review economic factors and
how they affect industry by determining economic profitability for the firms who pursue this economic avenue. U.S. beef production is concentrated in Nebraska,
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