The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning for the BSE crisis?

Caskie, Paul; Davis, J. Tait; Moss, Joan E.

doi:10.1016/s0306-9192(98)00035-9

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“…The final dummy variable accounts for the impact of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and specifically the impact of the recognition in March 1996 of a possible link between BSE and a new variant Creutzfeldt–Jacob disease in humans, which led to a ban on the sale of beef from animals aged over 30 months. This caused a severe drop in levels of household consumption of beef and exports of meat and meat products (Caskie et al. , 1998) and is hypothesised here as having an effect on agriculture beyond those production activities (e.g.…”

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Patterns in Technical Efficiency and Technical Change at the Farm‐level in England and Wales, 1982–2002

Hadley

2006

J Agricultural Economics

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English and Welsh farm-level survey data are employed to estimate stochastic frontier production functions for eight different farm types (cereal, dairy, sheep, beef, poultry, pigs, general cropping and mixed) for the period 1982 to 2002. Differences in the relative efficiency of farms are explored by the simultaneous estimation of a model of technical inefficiency effects. The analysis shows that, generally, farms of all types are relatively efficient with a large proportion of farms operating close to the production frontier. However, whilst the frontier farms of all types are becoming more efficient through time because of technical change, it is also the case that the efficiency of the average farm for most farm types is increasing at a slower rate. In addition, annual mean levels of efficiency for most farm types have declined between 1982 and 2002. The factors that consistently appear to have a statistically significant effect on differences in efficiency between farms are: farm or herd size, farm debt ratios, farmer age, levels of specialisation and ownership status. Copyright 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Patterns in Technical Efficiency and Technical Change at the Farm‐level in England and Wales, 1982–2002

Hadley

2006

J Agricultural Economics

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“…This chiefly concerned poultry and lamb meat, which increased in price approximately by 5 %, with pork price remaining generally unchanged (Leeming and Turner, 2004). In Northern Ireland, the beef producing industry employs over 5 000 workers and the additional 600 000 are employed in the related industrial branches (Caskie et al, 1998). Thus, the rate of employment in this industry has a deep social impact.…”

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The analysis of costs related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy disease occurrence in the Czech Republic in 2001–2014

Pospisil

2015

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The analysis of costs related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy disease occurrence in the Czech Republic in 2001-2014This paper pays attention to analysis of the economic impacts of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) occurrence in the Czech Republic, namely the financial compensations to the farmers whose herds had been affected and the costs of animal killing and carcass disposal in the rendering plant. Between February 2001 and the end of 2014, a total of 1 879 749 cows were examined and 30 cases of the BSE were detected. Consequently, 4 243 cows in cohorts were killed and their carcasses were safely disposed of. The farmers whose herds had been affected were provided compensations for the losses suffered. The total of the compensations in this period reached EUR 7 752 000. Of these, 83.3 % (EUR 6 458 000) were compensations for the value of the killed animals, 9.7 % (EUR 752 000) for the related costs, i.e., killing, safe disposal of carcasses and the examination for the BSE, and 6.9 % (EUR 535 000) for the losses due to non-materialised production. The average costs per 1 BSE-positive animal were EUR 258 400 and the average costs per 1 cohort animal were EUR 1 827. In the rendering plant responsible for killing the infected and cohort animals and safely disposing of their carcasses, the total of 2 342 tons of raw material was processed between March 2003 and 2009, and this cost EUR 363 777. The fact that there were only two last cases of the BSE in 2009 suggests a trend towards the disease eradication, which is in agreement with the situation in the other EU countries.Key words: cattle / infectious diseases / bovine spongiform encephalopathy / BSE / economics / costs / financial compensation / Czech Republic Analiza stroškov, povezanih z bovino spongiformno encefalopatijo v Češki republiki v obdobju 2001-2014Prispevek obravnava ekonomske posledice pojava bovine spongiformne encefalopatije (BSE) v Češki republiki, namreč denarna nadomestila rejcem, katerih črede so bile prizadete, ter stroške klanja živali in odstranitve klavnih trupov v kafileriji. Med februarjem 2001 in koncem leta 2014 je bilo testiranih 1,879.749 goved in v 30 primerih je bil odkrit BSE. V čredah, kjer se je pojavil BSE, je bilo izločenih 4.243 živali. Kmetom, katerih črede so bile prizadete, so ponudili nadomestila za izgube, ki so jih utrpeli. Vsota nadomestil v tem času je dosegla znesek 7,752.000 evrov. Od tega je bilo 83,3 % (6,458.000 evrov) nadomestil za zaklane živali, 9,7 % (752.000 evrov) za s tem povezane stroške, kot je klanje, varna odstranitev trupov in stroški diagnostike, ter 6,9 % (535.000) nadomestil za izpad proizvodnje. Povprečni stroški za žival, ki je bila pozitivna za BSE, so znašali 258.400 evrov in za žival iz črede z živaljo, ki je bila pozitivna za BSE, 1.827 evrov. V kafileriji, ki je bila odgovorna za klanje okuženih žvali in živali iz čred, kjer je bila ugotovljena okužba, ter za varno odstranitev trupov, je bilo med marcem 2003 in marcem 2009 predelanih 2.342 ton surovin, kar je stalo 363.777 evrov...

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“…In Northern Ireland, the beef producing industry employs over 5,000 workers and additional 600,000 are employed in related industrial branches (Caskie et al 1998). Thus, the rate of employment in this industry has a deep social impact.…”

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Financial Compensations for Losses Due to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the Czech Republic in 2001-2007

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Based on Czech legislature, the farmers whose herds were affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are reimbursed for the costs associated with disease diagnosis, killing the animals and safely disposing of their carcasses, decontamination of their premises, if necessary, and compensations for the value of the animals killed and for losses due to non-materialised production. Between 2001 and 2007, a total of 1,194,743 were examined for BSE, 27 BSEpositive cases were detected and, consequently, 3,997 animals were killed and destroyed. To reduce the negative economic impact on agricultural production, farmers were compensated for selected cost items by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic from the state budget. The costs of examination for BSE, killing of animals and destroying their carcasses, and decontamination of farms were CZK 18.9 million (9.7%), compensations for the value of the animals killed amounted to almost CZK 164.0 million (83.3%) and compensations for nonmaterialised production reached almost CZK 13.6 million (6.9%). Together with some additional costs, the total of reimbursements during the period of 2001-2007 in the Czech Republic was almost CZK 197 million. These results are discussed in comparison to rather scarce data in the international literature which reports only the total costs associated with BSE occurrence and not individual cost items by which cattle and beef producers are burdened.

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The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning for the BSE crisis?

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Patterns in Technical Efficiency and Technical Change at the Farm‐level in England and Wales, 1982–2002

Patterns in Technical Efficiency and Technical Change at the Farm‐level in England and Wales, 1982–2002

The analysis of costs related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy disease occurrence in the Czech Republic in 2001–2014

Financial Compensations for Losses Due to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the Czech Republic in 2001-2007

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