Alternative Beef Production Systems: Issues and Implications

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英文名称：

Alternative Beef Production Systems: Issues and Implications

作者：

Kenneth Mathews; Rachel Johnson

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=37474

关键词：

beef production;  grass-fed;  grass-finished;  organic;  conventional;  alternative;  market attributes;  niche;  cattle;  resource use;  environmental impacts; 

年份：

2013

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

34 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

U.S. beef markets are undergoing rapid change as alternative production systems evolve in response to consumer demands and compete with conventional grain-fed beef production. Beef produced through distinguishable systems has different marketable attributes that may attract price premiums.