SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE US NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS' COUNCIL'S CLAIMS ABOUT CANADIAN SWINE SUBSIDIES

Agricultural and Food Policy,

THE ONGOING BSE CRISIS: PERSPECTIVE ON THE SCIENCE, THE LOGIC OF REGULATION, AND FOOD SAFETY

Agricultural and Food Policy, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Firm-level Forces Underlying Concentration in Agriculture

Although industry concentration in agriculture has a long history, the analysis of concentration and normative recommendations on it are a source of ongoing controversy in agricultural economics. The received approaches to the study of industry concentration are based on the structure-conduct-performance model or on the “new†empirical industrial organization literature which explicitly models competitive behaviour. However, each of these approaches wants for analysis of the specific firm-level decision processes that produce its predicted outcome. An alternative approach is to analyze the internal motivations for vertical and horizontal integration that exist within firms and that ultimately result in market concentration. From this perspective, market concentration results from more than simply competition among firms for economic rents.Environmental Economics and Policy,

PROSPECTS FOR CANADIAN AGRICULTURE IN THE WTO DOHA ROUND -- A MESSAGE TO THE CANADIAN DELEGATION

International Relations/Trade,

FIRM-LEVEL FORCES UNDERLYING CONCENTRATION IN AGRICULTURE

Agribusiness,

IMPACT OF THE APF-BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ON ONTARIO AGRICULTURE

Risk and Uncertainty,

CANADIAN DAIRY EXPORT SUBSIDIES AND THE WTO APPELLATE DECISION: DAIRY MARKET EXPANSION IN LIMBO

The dairy industry in Canada was turned on its ear by the release of the WTO decision last fall that Canada's Special Milk Classes constitute an export subsidy. Dairy processors fear the loss of established export markets. At the same time, the decision threatens the role of supply management authorities as the sole marketers of farmers' milk. Will farmers market milk for export directly to processors? What consequences could renewed marketing board involvement in exports have in the international trade arena? The industry is preparing for conflict as it reorients itself in the international market. That conflict is embedded in proposals made by some of the milk marketing agencies and by some processor members of the National Dairy Council(NDCC). Because of the immediate importance of this case and the issues it spawns, the George Morris Centre is releasing this special report. It addresses the following topics: - The nature of the challenges to the Special Milk Classes scheme - The WTO decision Implications for the dairy industry - Marketing boards' proposal for export pricing reform - NDCC proposal for export pricing reform - Evaluation of the alternativesInternational Relations/Trade,

CAIS Program Structure and Performance: Evidence from Ontario

The Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) program was approved in late 2003. It now serves as Canada’s sole farm safety net program, having replaced the Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA), Canadian Farm Income Program (CFIP), and provincial companion programs. However, the mechanisms of operation and actual performance of CAIS in providing stability to farm incomes are relatively unknown. In particular, to develop expectations of future farm costs and returns and to determine their support for CAIS as the sole safety net under the federal-provincial Agricultural Policy Framework (APF), farmers and their representatives need a concrete understanding of how CAIS can be expected to work relative to its predecessors.Agricultural and Food Policy,

CANADA-U.S. TRADE NEGOTIATIONS: A VIEW FROM CANADIAN AGRICULTURE

International Relations/Trade,

QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: LOOKING FOR NEW CONVERSATION TOOLS

Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,