Agribusiness Consolidation: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, February 11, 1999 |
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acquisition agri agribusiness alliances areas beef bigger broiler Callicrate Cargill Cargill's Chairman changes CHENOWETH committee commodity prices companies competitive ConAgra concentration concern Congress Congressman consolida consumers Continental Grain contracts cooperatives corn corporations cost DOOLEY DRABENSTOTT ducers economic efficient export facilities family farm Farm Bureau fast track fast track trade Federal fewer firms future global going grain business happen Harry Pearson hearing Heffernan hog farmers hog industry hog production impact important increase issue Justice Department livestock look low prices market access market power marketplace meat meat packing industry merger MINGE National Farmers Union NFFC North Dakota operation opportunity packers PEARSON percent POMEROY pork industry price reporting processing processor profits public policy question retail rural America rural communities SIMS soybeans STENHOLM structure supply chains SWENSON talking testimony Thank things tion trade trend U.S. agriculture U.S. grain USDA Wal-Mart wave of consolidation