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Impact of Meat Imports on Least-Cost United States Beef Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

K. E. Nelson
Affiliation:
NED/ESCS/USDA, University of Illinois
N. R. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University
G. M. Sullivan
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University
R. J. Crom
Affiliation:
Animal Products Branch, NED/ESCS/USDA, Washington, D.C.

Extract

Meat imports have been a source of controversy in United States agriculture for more than 20 years. Beef producers early contended that imports unduly restricted their incomes and placed the domestic livestock industry at a disadvantage.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1982

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