Q. Do livestock producers with contracts have other alternatives
for marketing their product?
A. The availability of an open-market
alternative to contracting varies by the livestock species
and location of the operation.
| Market alternatives for livestock
operations with contracts, 2001: |
| Open market accessibility |
Poutry
|
Hogs
|
Cattle
|
| |
Percent
|
| No open market alternative
reported |
77
|
58
|
44
|
| Open market alternative reported |
23
|
42
|
56
|
| For those reporting market alternative: |
Distance (Miles)
|
| Mean miles (one-way) |
33
|
47
|
77
|
| Median miles (one-way) |
30
|
25
|
30
|
| Source: 2001 Agricultural and Resource Management
Survey, USDA |
Poultry producers are less likely to have open-market alternatives
than are other livestock producers. In fact, 77 percent
of poultry producers, 58 percent of hog producers, and
44 percent of cattle producers who contracted did not
report any open-market alternative.
|
