Through a nationwide telephone survey Bailey Norwood and Jayson Lusk Funding Provided By American Farm Bureau Talking With Consumers About Farm Animal.

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through a nationwide telephone survey Bailey Norwood and Jayson Lusk Funding Provided By American Farm Bureau Talking With Consumers About Farm Animal Welfare

The Issue

Changes

Two Questions What should our regulations say? Should food product lines expand to produce more humane products?

Why Talk To Consumers? It is their product We need them In some ways, maybe they know more?

When Consumers Talk… they tell you about themselves they lie they tell you what you want to hear they say what they think they are supposed to say they search for easy answers they are easily influenced

Telephone Survey Sample (N=1,019) Survey SampleU.S. Pop % Female65.0%50.7% Average Age5249 % White83%75% % With Bachelor’s Degree39%24% Average Household Size % Household w/ Income $30-$99 k53%50% % From Rural Area  17%17% % From Urban Area  33%33%

How Important is Farm Animal Welfare? Relative Importance of Each Issue Human Poverty23.95 U.S. Health Care System23.03 Food Safety21.75 Environment13.91 Financial Well-Being of U.S. Farmers8.16 Food Prices5.06 Well-Being of Farm Animals4.15

What Makes Animals Happy? Relative Importance of Each Issue It is important that farm animals … receive ample food and water38.43 receive treatment for injury and disease29.05 are allowed to exhibit normal behaviors8.01 are allowed to exercise outdoors7.95 are protected from being harmed by other animals5.90 are provided shelter at a comfortable temperature4.43 are allowed to socialize with other animals2.76 are raised in a way to keep prices low1.75 are provided comfortable bedding1.72

Will They Pay More? Statement: Low meat prices are more important than the well-being of farm animals. 16% agree or strongly agree

Will They Pay More? Statement: The average American thinks that low meat prices are more important than the well-being of farm animals. 68% agree or strongly agree

Do They Care? Direct Statement: It is important to me that animals on farms are well cared for. 95% agree or strongly agree Indirect Statement: The average American thinks that farm animal welfare is important. 52% agree or strongly agree Direct Statement: I consider the well-being of farm animals when I make decisions about purchasing meat. 49% agree or strongly agree Indirect Statement: The average American considers the well-being of farm animals when they make decisions about purchasing meat. 21% agree or strongly agree

How About Cages? Statement: Housing pregnant sows in crates is humane. 18% agree or strongly agree

More Regulation? Statement: I would vote for a law in my state that would require farmers to treat their animals more humanely.

More Free Enterprise? Statement: Food companies would voluntarily improve animal welfare, and would advertise as such, if people really wanted it.

Who Is This Really About? Statement: Animals raised under higher standards of care will produce safer and better tasting meat.

Conclusions less enthusiasm for improving welfare than other surveys suggest consumers want regulation but also have faith in markets what do you think?