The value of segmenting the milk market into bST‐Produced and Non‐bST‐Produced milk
作者:
Loren W. Tauer,
期刊:
Agribusiness
(WILEY Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 1
页码: 3-12
ISSN:0742-4477
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199401)10:1<3::AID-AGR2720100103>3.0.CO;2-F
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThis article discusses the value to milk producers and consumers of segmenting the milk market into bovine Somatotropin‐ (bST) produced milk and non‐bST‐produced milk markets, versus losing milk consumption from consumers who will not consume bST‐produced milk. Results indicate that both bST‐using producers and non‐bST‐using producers benefit from a segmented market when compared to losing milk markets. Even if market loss does not occur, segmenting the market benefits producers not able to effectively use bST, and may even benefit bST users if the use of bST significantly shifts the supply curve for milk. Non‐bST‐consuming consumers benefit from the availability of non‐bST milk, and consumers who are indifferent to the use of bST pay about the same price in
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