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Full-Text Articles in Meat Science
Stock Market Reactions To Unfavorable Product Information: A Case Study Of Comments On Beef Safety Made On An Oprah Winfrey Show, Elpida Ormanidou, Michael Thomsen
Stock Market Reactions To Unfavorable Product Information: A Case Study Of Comments On Beef Safety Made On An Oprah Winfrey Show, Elpida Ormanidou, Michael Thomsen
Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
This study examines the impact of unfavorable media coverage on the stock market prices of major food companies, an issue of increasing importance to the food industry. The study focuses on the 16 April 1996 Oprah Winfrey Show, a popular television program that raised questions about the safety of the U.S. beef supply. The show resulted in considerable controversy, and some cattle feeders blamed the show for a drop in cattle prices. The focus of this study is on the impact of the program at other stages of the food system. We examined the stock returns of two major beef …
Wa Beef Industry And Consumers Benefit From Meat Standards Australia (Msa), John Lucey
Wa Beef Industry And Consumers Benefit From Meat Standards Australia (Msa), John Lucey
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The Western Australian beef industry confirmed its world-class status when it became the first to implement the national beef grading scheme Meat Standards Australia.
New Sheep Meat Breeds For Western Australia, Matthew Young
New Sheep Meat Breeds For Western Australia, Matthew Young
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The continuing decline in wool prices and the arrival of several new meat sheep breeds from South Africa are being seen as an opportunity for pastoral wool growers to diversify into sheep meat production, or to add value to their Merino flocks. Since the arrival of the Damara, Dorper and South African Meat Merino, the interest in these breeds has spread not only across the sheep areas of Western Australia, but also to many parts of Australia. Matthew Young reports on a number of demonstrations undertaken in recent years to assess the performance of these new breeds both on the …