Workshops on Competition and Regulatory Issues in Agriculture
Issues of Concern to Farmers
Introduction to the workshops series with a focus on the issues facing crop farmers. Discussion topics may include seed technology, vertical integration, market transparency and buyer power.
Poultry Industry
Discussion topics may include production contracts in the poultry industry, concentration and buyer power.
Dairy Industry
Discussion topics may include concentration, marketplace transparency and vertical integration in the dairy industry.
Livestock Industry
This workshop will focus on beef, hog and other animal sectors. Topics may include enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act and concentration.
Margins
This workshop will look at the discrepancies between the prices received by farmers and the prices paid by consumers. As a concluding event, discussions from previous workshops will be incorporated into the analysis of agriculture markets nationally.