Farm Animal Enclosure Requirements, Industry Concentration, and Supply Chain Dynamics

In this paper, we draw on microeconomic theory to show that farm animal enclosure regulations can and have lead to increased farm-level concentration in affected industries in the U.S. The desirability of this increased concentration is a function of modern industry structures. Farm animal enclosure...

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Autores principales:	Daniel P. Scheitrum, K. Aleks Schaefer
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	animal welfare anticompetitive housing requirements market power market concentration Veterinary medicine SF600-1100
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1e0fa29af9db4692baf86b525e090d6c2021-11-12T06:24:28ZFarm Animal Enclosure Requirements, Industry Concentration, and Supply Chain Dynamics2673-622510.3389/fanim.2021.709359https://doaj.org/article/1e0fa29af9db4692baf86b525e090d6c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2021.709359/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2673-6225In this paper, we draw on microeconomic theory to show that farm animal enclosure regulations can and have lead to increased farm-level concentration in affected industries in the U.S. The desirability of this increased concentration is a function of modern industry structures. Farm animal enclosure requirements can push traditional “short” supply chains like eggs toward vertical integration. However, vertically integrated systems (e.g., broiler chickens and hogs) may benefit from the induced farm-level concentration by increasing bargaining power among contract farmers. In all systems, the increased farm-level concentration induced by enclosure requirements may lead to greater ability to solve future collective action problems like wastewater pollution and antimicrobial resistance.Daniel P. ScheitrumK. Aleks SchaeferFrontiers Media S.A.articleanimal welfareanticompetitivehousing requirementsmarket powermarket concentrationVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ENFrontiers in Animal Science, Vol 2 (2021)
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description	In this paper, we draw on microeconomic theory to show that farm animal enclosure regulations can and have lead to increased farm-level concentration in affected industries in the U.S. The desirability of this increased concentration is a function of modern industry structures. Farm animal enclosure requirements can push traditional “short” supply chains like eggs toward vertical integration. However, vertically integrated systems (e.g., broiler chickens and hogs) may benefit from the induced farm-level concentration by increasing bargaining power among contract farmers. In all systems, the increased farm-level concentration induced by enclosure requirements may lead to greater ability to solve future collective action problems like wastewater pollution and antimicrobial resistance.
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title	Farm Animal Enclosure Requirements, Industry Concentration, and Supply Chain Dynamics
title_short	Farm Animal Enclosure Requirements, Industry Concentration, and Supply Chain Dynamics
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title_full_unstemmed	Farm Animal Enclosure Requirements, Industry Concentration, and Supply Chain Dynamics
title_sort	farm animal enclosure requirements, industry concentration, and supply chain dynamics
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Farm Animal Enclosure Requirements, Industry Concentration, and Supply Chain Dynamics

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