title: Beef cattle growing and backgrounding programs.
abstract: The stocker industry is one of many diverse production and marketing activities that make up the United States beef industry. The stocker industry is probably the least understood industry sector and yet it plays a vital role in helping the industry exploit its competitive advantage of using forage resources and providing an economical means of adjusting the timing and volume of cattle and meat in a complex market environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, 519 Agricultural Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. dpeel@okstate.edu
authors.forename: Derrell S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Peel
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D002417:Cattle; D019649:Food Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D040541:Marketing / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D008461:Meat Products / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States