Attribute Preferences for Beef Alliances: A Bivariate Nested Panel Approach

Abstract

This study analyzes demographic and producers’ characteristics on their willingness to participate in a beef alliance. It also investigates how attributes of a proposed beef alliance impacts producers’ preferences for using one alliance over another. For this purpose a nested bivariate panel probit model is employed. Three similar surveys were conducted with Canadian producers, Arizona NASS producers and Arizona BQA producers. Results obtained suggest that cow-calf producers do have preferences when facing different alliances providing different attributes depending on their specific characteristics and their experiences. Our findings indicate that Arizona and Canadian cowcalf producers have preferences for some alliance attributes over others when asked to choose between different alliances attributes.