Key considerations, especially for smaller-scale and new beef producers, are the constraints on processing capability and marketing. Cooperative business models are one approach. But are beef producers themselves interested in this approach?
“Producer-based cooperative marketing and processing have been embraced in some sectors of animal agriculture, some for many years,” says David Beede, PhD, editor in chief of Applied Animal Science. “A new study out now in Applied Animal Science describes an assessment of northern New England beef producers’ interest in engaging in these models,…
