MEAT PRODUCTION EMERGING TRENDS & MARKET DEMANDS

MEAT PRODUCTION EMERGING TRENDS & MARKET DEMANDS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 ALTERNATIVE BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS∗

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

COMPARING BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEM

WHEN DO DIFFERENCES MATTER?

OUTLOOK FOR BEEF PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 SLAUGHTER AND PROCESSING OPTIONS AND ISSUES FOR LOCALLY SOURCED MEAT∗

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE “LOCAL” LIVESTOCK PRODUCT MARKET

REGULATIONS AND TYPES OF INSPECTION IN U.S. LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER AND PROCESSING

COOPERATIVE INTERSTATE SHIPMENT PROGRAM FORSTATE-INSPECTED MEAT AND POULTRY

COOPERATIVE INTERSTATE SHIPMENT PROGRAM FOR STATE-INSPECTED MEAT AND POULTRY

U.S. LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER CAPACITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SMALL-SCALE SLAUGHTER FACILITIES

OUTLOOK AND CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3 U.S. HOG PRODUCTION FROM 1992 TO 2009: TECHNOLOGY, RESTRUCTURING, AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH∗

ABSTRACT

WHAT IS THE ISSUE?

WHAT DID THE STUDY FIND?

HOW WAS THE STUDY CONDUCTED?

INTRODUCTION

DATA

HOG PRODUCERS AND HOG OWNERS

A PRIMER ON U.S. HOG PRODUCTION

CHANGING STRUCTURE OF HOG PRODUCTION

SUBTHERAPEUTIC ANTIBIOTICS IN HOG PRODUCTION

IMPROVEMENTS IN HOG FARM PRODUCTIVITY

IMPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURAL AND PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE

CONCLUSION

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

INDEX