Evaluating the Farmer's-Share-of-the-Retail-Dollar Statistic

Conventional wisdom appears to support the thesis that declines in USDA's farmer's share-of-the-retail-dollar (FS) statistics are indicators of low returns to agricultural production. We estimate changes in cattle and hog FS statistics and their relationship with producer surplus (PS) for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gary W. Brester, John M. Marsh, Joseph A. Atwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2009-08-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/54543