An Alternative Natural Beef Production System: A Differentiation Strategy for California Producers and Packers
Paganini, Ricardo Vernazza
from ARE Update Vol. 8, No. 1, Sept/Oct, 2004
Abstract
This article demonstrates that a natural beef production system that emphasizes grazing on rangeland and irrigated pastures can be more profitable, given current prices, than the conventional production system that emphasizes grain-fed beef. The article recognizes several impediments to widespread adoption of natural production systems but suggests that such systems may provide niche markets in California for both producers and packers.
Keywords
beef, quality, consumer, natural, market, profit, graze
Citation
Paganini, Ricardo Vernazza. 2004. "An Alternative Natural Beef Production System: A Differentiation Strategy for California Producers and Packers." ARE Update 8(1): 9-11. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1453327735/16678/