Kimberly B Murch 
Meat Production [PDF ebook] 
Emerging Trends & Market Demands

Beef markets in the United States are undergoing rapid change as alternative production systems and technologies evolve in response to consumer demands and compete with conventional grain-fed beef production. This book focuses on the issues and implications of alternative beef production systems; slaughter and processing options and issues for locally sources meat; and technology, restructuring, and productivity growth of hog production in the United States from 1992 to 2009.