Source: KANSAS STATE UNIV submitted to NRP
ENHANCING THE COMPETITIVENESS AND VALUE OF U.S. BEEF
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0230585
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
W-3177
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2012
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2017
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
KANSAS STATE UNIV
(N/A)
MANHATTAN,KS 66506
Performing Department
Agri Economics
Non Technical Summary
The U.S. beef industry is facing a number of complex challenges that can be addressed through a multi-disciplinary, integrated approach involving participants from animal science, meat science, and economics. This project will coordinate and disseminate research efforts aimed at addressing these issues. Expected Impacts and Changes in Knowledge and Actions include: Industry will be better informed about consumer decision making and will be better able to incorporate this information in to their production decision. Industry will be able to take advantage of price premiums to enhance their long term profitability. Industry will be able to introduce more efficient production and processing practices to meet consumer needs. Industry will be better informed of production practices suggested by Beef Quality Assurance. Industry will be able to evaluate marketing systems and realize financial gains from implementing these systems. Industry will increase adoption of new fabrication, processing, and related developments to industry. Increased competitiveness of U.S. beef industry.
Animal Health Component
50%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
50%
Applied
50%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
30833201060100%
Goals / Objectives
Improve supply chain management, information transfer and value determination by examining strategies of information collection and dissemination. Determine factors influencing domestic and international consumer demand for U.S. beef.
Project Methods
The multi-disciplinary team of investigators will engage in a host of research targeting the three project objectives. This research will include a) focus on production and processing practices improving quality and safety that can increase overall industry value and competitiveness, b) focus on developing, expanding, and implementing these technologies, c) focus on diet variation and ultimate impact on grain-fed beef quality will be conducted, d) focus on analyzing supply chain management strategies that are impacted by the transmission of information between the producers and the final consumers, and e) focus on demand determinants, both of domestic and international consumers, for U.S. beef.

Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/17

Outputs
Target Audience:All races and ethnicities, socially economically, and educationally advantaged and disadvantaged involved in beef production, policy making related to production and markets, as well as same involved in livestock and meat markets and consumption. Efforts include, classroom instruction of research findings through courses taught and guest lectures, extension outreach through meetings presentations, publications, web-based videos, radio programs, printed news media, and published articles. Changes/Problems:This project ended and W4177 was initiated with the first annual meeting slated for May 2018. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Results have been disseminated through journal publications, extension publications, and numerous extension meetings and presentations. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results have been disseminated through journal publications, extension publications, and numerous extension meetings and presentations. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Our research has accomplished the following major goals during the 2017 reporting period: We provided an updated assessment of price hedging effectiveness in the live cattle market. We provided new insight into effectiveness, feasibility, and adoption aspects of biosecurity measures for livestock industries. We estimated the impact of food safety recalls on beef demand in a more disagregated level than previously provided. We estimated price relationships between calf and yearling prices in cattle markets. We estimated consumer values such as safety, price, etc. when it comes to meat purchasing decisions.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Wu, Q., L.L. Schulz, G.T. Tonsor, and J.M. Smith. 2017. Expert Views on Effectiveness, Feasibility, and Implementation of Biosecurity Measures for Mitigating Tier 1 Disease Risks in the U.S. Swine, Beef Cattle, and Dairy Industries. Journal of Veterinary Science & Technology. 8:435.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Shang, X. and G.T. Tonsor. 2017. Food Safety Recall Effects across Meat Products and Regions. Food Policy. 69:145-153.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Tonsor, G.T. and E. Mollohan. 2017. Price Relationships between Calves and Yearlings: An Updated Structural Change Assessment." Journal of Applied Farm Economics. Vol. 1: Issue 1, Article 3.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Lister, G., G.T. Tonsor, M. Brix, T.C. Schroeder, and C. Yang. 2017. Food Values Applied to Livestock Products. Journal of Food Products Marketing. 23(3):326-341.


Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16

Outputs
Target Audience:Targeted audiences includeall races and ethnicities, socially economically, and educationally advantaged and disadvantaged involved in beef production, policy making related to production and markets, as well as same involved in livestock and meat markets and consumption. Efforts include, classroom instruction of research findings through courses taught and guest lectures, extension outreach through meetings presentations, publications, web-based videos, radio programs, printed news media, and published articles. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Results have been disseminated through journal publications, extension publications, and numerous extension meetings and presentations. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results have been disseminated through journal publications, extension publications, and numerous extension meetings and presentations. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Our research has accomplished the following major goals during the 2016 reporting period: The recent mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) debate raises a question that has not been resolved in U.S. food labeling policy of what labeling information is best suited for mandatory versus voluntary labeling.Labeling information can be categorized into search, experience, and credence attributes.The production process the MCOOL label communicated to consumers was a credence attribute.We show for a mandated credence attribute there is generally insufficient increase in product demand or positive spillovers to justify costs of validating and monitoring a mandated credence attribute like that of MCOOL. This decade has seen movements in agricultural commodity futures markets never seen before. There are many factors that have intensified price movements and volatility behavior. Whatever the reasons are for price movements, it is clear that the volatility behavior in commodity markets constantly change, and risk managers need updated understanding to mitigate price risk. This study identified market structural breaks of weekly realized volatility in corn, wheat, soybeans, live cattle, feeder cattle and lean hogs futures markets. We analyzed the forecasting performance of implied volatility, historical volatility, a composite approach and a naïve approach as pragmatic forecasters of realized volatility. Results indicate there are multiple market structural breaks present in all six commodities. Differences in the forecasting performance of the analyzed methods were examined when individual market regimes were analyzed. Implied volatility encompasses all the information contained in the historical volatility and the naïve measure across each identified market regime in all six commodities. Overall there is evidence that indicates superiority of implied volatility over historical volatility, composite and naïve approaches. Combined this suggest implied volatility is a sound forecast for 1-week ahead volatility in agricultural commodity markets. As U.S. beef and pork prices approached record high levels in 2014, industry analysts expressed surprised at consumer response. Because the relative price swings have occurred only recently, traditional approaches to demand analysis that rely on historical data series may be less useful than is typically the case. Employing one of the largest and longest-running choice experiments, we analyze data on 110,295 choices made by 12,255 consumers observed over a year-long time period coinciding with historically high meat prices. Our findings reveal non-linear demands for meat products, with demand being more inelastic at higher prices. Ground beef, steak, and pork chop demands are more sensitive to changes in chicken breast price than the reverse. Moreover, cross-price elasticities between disaggregate meat products shrink as prices rise. Consumers' incomes significantly affect demand inter-relationships. Higher income consumers are more likely to choose steak and chicken breasts and are less likely to choose ground beef, chicken wings, and deli ham than are lower income consumers. High income consumers tend to be less responsive to own-price changes and more responsive to cross-price changes than lower income consumers. This analysis provides estimates of structural demand parameters that help explain current meat expenditure patterns, and the results have implications for the assumption of linearity often invoked in policy analyses.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Schroeder, T.C., G.T. Tonsor, and J.L. Parcell. 2016. Mandated and Voluntary Food Labeling. Journal of Agribusiness. 34:83-97.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Ortez, M.A. and G.T. Tonsor. 2016. Structural Change and Forecasting of Agricultural Commodity Realized Volatilities International Journal of Business and Applied Social Science. 2:1-18.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Lusk, J.L. and G.T. Tonsor. 2016. How Meat Demand Elasticities Vary with Price, Income, and Product Category. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy. 38(4):673-711.


Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience:All races and ethnicities, socially economically, and educationally advantaged and disadvantaged involved in beef production, policy making related to production and markets, as well as same involved in livestock and meat markets and consumption. Efforts include, classroom instruction of research findings through courses taught and guest lectures, extension outreach through meetings presentations, publications, web-based videos, radio programs, printed news media, and published articles. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Results have been disseminated through journal publications, extension publications, and numerous extension meetings and presentations. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results have been disseminated through journal publications, extension publications, and numerous extension meetings and presentations. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Our research has accomplished the following major goals during the 2015 reporting period: While E.coli risk mitigation is widely recognized as a key issue for the U.S. cattle industry the economics of why available E.coli vaccinations are not widely employed in feedyards presented an important economic knowledge gap. To address this we estimate said effects providing clarity on the economic incentives that are needed to change the situation if vaccinations in U.S. feedlots are to be more widely adopted. Significant attention perpetually surrounds possible changes in breeding herd inventories in the U.S. beef cattle industry. We outlined economic considerations of U.S. herd expansion. Factors restricting expansion include land availability, increasing production efficiency, operator demographics, capital requirements, and commodity price volatility. Several off-setting factors support herd expansion including unprecedented cow-calf returns, ongoing global beef demand growth, timing within the current cattle cycle. In addition to these industry-wide factors, several important variations in individual ranch considerations are outlined. The authors' expectations on future herd dynamics are provided highlighting broader implications for individual operations, industry leaders, and the entire beef-cattle supply chain. The substantial economic impact and importance of the cow-calf sector warrants broader appreciation of these economic factors impacting herd expansion. The future size of the U.S. cattle industry is determined by the individual decisions of over 70,000 cattle owners making this issue worthy of review by all industry stakeholders.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: G.T. Tonsor and L. Schulz. 2015. Economic Considerations Related to U.S. Beef Herd Expansion. Journal of Animal Science. 93:4227-4234.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Tonsor, G.T. and T.C. Schroeder. 2015. Market Impacts of E. Coli Vaccination in U.S. Feedlot Cattle. Agricultural and Food Economics. 3:7.


Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14

Outputs
Target Audience: U.S. Livestock Producers Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Tonsor regularly published producer-oriented fact sheets and reports, gives in-person and distance-based presentations, and records YouTube-type videos all of which are efforts at disseminating economic information consistent with this multi-state project's goals. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Efforts in 2015 will continue to build upon the successful activities of 2014. Narrowly, this will include continuing to conduct livestock and meat economics research and subsequently disseminating information to beef-cattle industry stakeholders.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? As indicated in the sections above, multiple outputs were generated consistent with this multi-state project's goals. Overall, KSU remains an active leader and contributor to this project.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Pruitt, J.R. G.T. Tonsor, and K. Brooks. 2014. "End User Preferences for USDA Market Information." Food Policy. 47:24-33.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Lusk, J.L., T.C. Schroeder, and G.T. Tonsor. 2014. "Distinguishing Beliefs from Preferences in Food Choice." European Review of Agricultural Economics. 41:627-655.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Klain, T.J., J.L. Lusk, G.T. Tonsor, and T.C. Schroeder. 2014. "Valuing Information: The Case of Country of Origin Labeling." Agricultural Economics. 45:635-648
  • Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: E. Mollohan and Tonsor, G.T. 2014. "Premiums and Discounts on Calves and Yearlings." Kansas State University, AM-GTT-2014.1. December.
  • Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: J. Farney, C. Reinhardt, G.T. Tonsor, J. Petersilie, and S. Johnson. 2014. "Beef Cow-Calf Management Options When Pasture is Limited." Kansas State University, MF-3114, August.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Tonsor, G.T. 2014. Economics of Technology Acceptance and Agricultural Producer Self-Regulation Assessment. Invited seminar presentation  Ohio State University. April 8.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Risk Management: Considerations from an Economists Perspective. Florida Cattle Feeding School. Gainesville, FL. December 4, 2014. (+/- 20 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Beef-Cattle Market Outlook Update. 2014 Wheat Pasture and Stocker Cattle Management Seminar. Greensburg, KS. November 4, 2014. (+/- 35 in attendance via webinar).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook. Agricultural Lenders Conference. Garden City, KS; Manhattan, KS. October 7-8, 2014. (+/- 91 in attendance over two locations).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Forward Planning Implications for Herd Rebuilding Phase: Where Does the Stocker Segment Fit? Beef Stocker Field Day, Manhattan, KS. September 25, 2014. (+/- 290 in attendance)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Beef-Cattle Industry Outlook. USDA-GIPSA Packers and Stockyards Program, Midwestern Regional Office Meeting. Kansas City, MO. September 11, 2014. (+/- 40 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Beef-Cattle Industry Outlook. Flint Hills Beef Fest. Emporia, KS. August 22, 2014. (+/- 150 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Economics of Beef-Cow Herd Expansion. Risk and Profit Conference. Manhattan, KS. August 21, 2014. (+/- 40 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Livestock Industry Outlook Overview. Risk and Profit Conference. Manhattan, KS. August 21, 2014. (+/- 140 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Economic Considerations Related to Rebuilding the U.S. Cowherd. Beef Species Symposium: Joint Annual Meeting  American Dairy Science Association (ADSA), American Society of Animal Science (ASAS), and Canadian Society of Animal Science (CSAS). Kansas City, MO. July 21, 2014. (+/- 150 in attendance; joint with Lee Schulz).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: "Economics of Farm Animal Welfare." 2014 International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare, Ames, IA. July 17, 2014. (+/- 130 in-person attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Beef-Cattle Industry Issues: Market Outlook, Decision Tools, and Economic Trends. 2014 South Dakota Beef Producer Meetings  Boehringer Ingelheim. Kadoka, SD (April 29, 2014), Chamberlain, SD (April 30, 2014), and Aberdeen, SD (May 1, 2014). (+/- 140 in attendance across three locations).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: "Beef-Cattle Industry Outlook Situation: Herd Expansion, Domestic Demand, and Export Update." K-State Agricultural Research Center in Hays  Round-Up. Hays, KS. April 17, 2014. (+/- 90 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: "Beef-Cattle Industry Outlook & Economics of Evolving Technology and Regulations." KSU Cattlemen's Day. Manhattan, KS. March 7, 2014. (+/- 140 in attendance; +/- 400 via on-site streaming video; joint with Ted Schroeder).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Economic Considerations of Expanding the Beef Herd: Buying vs. Raising Replacements. Dodge City, KS (2 in attendance) and Protection, KS (10 in attendance). February 24, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Beef-Cattle Economic Outlook Update & Engaging Exchange. 2014 Western Farm Show. Kansas City, MO. February 21, 2014. (+/- 50 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2014 Citation: Economic Outlook Update, A Deeper Look at Beef Demand, & Engaging Exchange. Kansas Beef Council  Executive Committee Meeting. Topeka, KS. February 18, 2014. (+/- 25 in attendance).


Progress 01/01/13 to 09/30/13

Outputs
Target Audience: U.S. Livestock Producers Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Tonsor regularly published producer-oriented fact sheets and reports, gives in-person and distance-based presentations, and records YouTube-type videos all of which are efforts at disseminating economic information consistent with this multi-state project’s goals. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Efforts in 2014 will continue to build upon the successful activities of 2013. Narrowly, this will include continuing to conduct livestock and meat economics research and subsequently disseminating information to beef-cattle industry stakeholders.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? As indicated in the sections above, multiple outputs were generated consistent with this multi-state project’s goals. Overall, KSU remains an active leader and contributor to this project.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Pendell, D.L., G.T. Tonsor, K.C. Dhuyvetter, G.W. Brester, and T.C. Schroeder. (2013). "Evolving U.S. Beef Export Market Access Requirements for Age and Source Verification." Food Policy. 43:332-340.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Taylor, M. and G.T. Tonsor. (2013). Revealed Demand for Country of Origin Labeling of Meat in the United States. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 38:235-247.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Herrington, M. and G.T. Tonsor. (2013). Econometric Estimations of Performance Improvements in Kansas Feedlot Cattle. Professional Animal Scientist. 29:435-442.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Wolf, C.A. and G.T. Tonsor. (2013). "Dairy Farmer Preferences for US Dairy Policy." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 38:220-234. (LINK).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tonsor, G.T., T.C. Schroeder, and J.L. Lusk. (2013). "Consumer Indifference to Alternative Meat Origin Labels." Journal of Agricultural Economics. 64:676-692.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Sackett, H., R. Shupp, and G.T. Tonsor. (2013). "Consumer Perceptions of Sustainable Farming Practices: A Best-Worst Scenario." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 42:275-290.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: J.L. Parcell and G.T. Tonsor. "Information and Market Institutions." In W.J Armbruster and R.D. Knutson, eds. US Programs Affecting Food and Agricultural Marketing. New York: Springer Science + Business Media, 2013.
  • Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tonsor, G.T. and K.C. Dhuyvetter. "Net Present Value of Beef Replacements: Regional Analysis Summary." Kansas State University, AM-GTT-KCD-2013.2. November 2013.
  • Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tonsor, G.T. and K.C. Dhuyvetter. "Net Present Value of Beef Replacements: Sensitivity Analysis Summary." Kansas State University, AM-GTT-KCD-2013.1. November 2013.
  • Type: Other Status: Submitted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Schroeder, T., G.T. Tonsor, and J. Mintert. Beef Demand: Recent Determinants and Future Drivers. 2013 Report Submitted to the Cattlemens Beef Board.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Expanding the Cowherd: Economic Considerations. 2013 KLA Convention, Beef Industry University. December 5, 2013. (+/- 200 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Economic State of the Cattle Industry. 2013 KLA Young Stockmens Academy Alumni Event. Manhattan, KS. November 14, 2013. (+/- 25 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef-Cattle Market Outlook. 2013 Lyons State Bank Ag Seminar. Lyons, KS. November 6, 2013. (+/- 75 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook. Agricultural Lenders Conference. Garden City, KS; Manhattan, KS. October 8-9, 2013. (+/- 123 in attendance over two locations).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: 30,000-Ft. View: Whats in Store for the Stocker Segment? Beef Stocker Field Day, Manhattan, KS. September 26, 2013. (+/- 306 in attendance live with +/- 200 more viewing off-site).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef-Cattle Industry Outlook. Adding Value to Your Crop Producer Meeting. Overbrook, KS. September 11, 2013. (+/- 35 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Producers, Animals, & Consumers: Animal Welfare in U.S. Food Animal Production. Ohio Livestock Coalition  Annual Meeting and Industry Symposium. Lewis Center, OH. September 6, 2013. (+/- 95 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef-Cattle Industry Outlook: Highlighted Trends and Changes. 5-State Beef Conference. Boise City, OK. August 28, 2013. (+/- 40 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook. Flint Hills Beef Fest. Emporia, KS. August 23, 2013. (+/- 150 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tackling Big Issues in the U.S. Beef-Cattle Industry: An Interactive 'Clicker' Session. Risk and Profit Conference. Manhattan, KS. August 22, 2013. (+/- 30 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef Demand: Recent Determinants and Future Drivers. Risk and Profit Conference. Manhattan, KS. August 22, 2013. (+/- 45 in attendance; joint with Ted Schroeder).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook. Risk and Profit Conference. Manhattan, KS. August 22, 2013. (+/- 100 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef Demand: Recent Determinants and Future Drivers. Presentation to Cattle Industry Summer Conference General Session. Denver, CO. August 9, 2013. (+/- 400 in attendance; joint with Jim Mintert).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef Demand: Recent Determinants and Future Drivers. Presentation to Cattlemens Beef Board Joint Evaluation Advisory Committee. Cattle Industry Summer Conference. Denver, CO. August 8, 2013. (+/- 50 in attendance; joint with Ted Schroeder).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef Demand: Clarifying Concepts, Summarizing Status, and Discussing Future Opportunities. The Future of the Missouri Cattle Industry  2013 Breimyer Seminar. Columbia, MO. July 17, 2013. (+/- 190 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Results from Extension agent and Agribusiness surveys, ongoing work, and thoughts for consideration... Seminar on Value of USDA Data Products, Organized by C-FARE. Washington, DC. May 6, 2013. (+/- 40 in attendance). (LINK TO FINAL REPORT).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Feeder Cattle Situation: Indicators & Implications for Feedlot Operations. K-State Cattle Feeders College. Scott City, KS. May 9, 2013. (+/- 80 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook. University Bank Annual Agriculture Dinner. Pittsburg, KS. March 26, 2013. (+/- 45 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: "Cattle Market Short Run Outlook and Long Term Prospective." KSU Cattlemen's Day. Manhattan, KS. March 1, 2013. (+/- 150 in attendance; +/- 500 via on-site streaming video; joint with Ted Schroeder).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Profitability Drivers and Global Position Impacts on the U.S. Beef Industrys Future. Ag Profitability Conference. Salina, KS. February 12, 2013. (+/- 50 in attendance; additional +/- 30 offsite in Iola and El Dorado via webinar).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook. Ag Profitability Conference. Pratt, KS. February 7, 2013. (+/- 35 in attendance via webinar).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook. Ag Profitability Conference. McPherson, KS. February 5, 2013. (+/- 35 in attendance via webinar).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook. Ag Profitability Conference. Home City, KS. January 31, 2013. (+/- 15 in attendance).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: A Look into the Future of the Cattle Industry. Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference. Ottumwa, IA. January 19, 2013. (+/- 225 in attendance; joint with Lee Schulz).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: Beef and Cattle Market Outlook, Drought Implications, and Risk Management Overview. Cattle Feeding and Marketing Workshop. Auburn, KS. January 15, 2013. (+/- 70 in attendance).


Progress 10/01/12 to 12/31/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: This project was recently reauthorized so the reporting window is only for three months. Accordingly, there is nothing new to report here. PARTICIPANTS: Researchers and industry stakeholders with employment or interest aligned with improving competitiveness and value in the U.S. beef industry. TARGET AUDIENCES: U.S. Livestock Producers PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: This project was recently renewed as its predecessor project completed on September 30, 2012. Otherwise there are not "modifications" to report.

Impacts
This project was recently reauthorized so the reporting window is only for three months. Accordingly, there is nothing new to report here.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period