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Derived Demand for Cattle Feeding Inputs [PDF]
Derived demand relationships among four weight categories of feeder cattle entering Texas feedlots and feed were examined using a Generalized McFadden dual cost function specified as an error correction model.
Mathews, Kenneth H., Jr. +2 more
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IDENTIFYING ECONOMIC RISK IN CATTLE FEEDING [PDF]
Closeout data from two western Kansas commercial feedlots are examined to determine how cattle prices, feed costs, and animal performance impact the variability of cattle feeding profits.
Mark, Darrell R. +2 more
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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HUMAN UROGENITAL MYIASIS CAUSED BY CHRYSOMYIA BEZZIANA [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1978 Myiasis caused by the larvae of C.bezziana has been reported in man, cattle, cats, water buffalo, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, dogs, camels and elephants from Asia and Africa.
T.Jdalayer +2 more
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Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2017 Objective: The present study was conducted in New Sandwip island (Jahajerchar) of the Meghna estuary, Noakhali to explore animal species are being reared, their disease status, and also to finding out the constraints and opportunitities for keeping ...
SK Shaheenur Islam +4 more
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GRID PRICING: VALUING CATTLE QUALITY INFORMATION [PDF]
Grid pricing is increasingly prominent in cattle markets. This study compares selling 11,703 head of fed cattle using grid, live, and dressed weight pricing. Cattle sold on a grid had price variability twice that of live or dressed.
Graff, Jennifer L., Schroeder, Ted C.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper derives a firm‐level threshold, the Herfindahl Neutral Point, from the standard concentration index used in merger review. At this threshold, a marginal expansion leaves the index unchanged. Firms below the threshold reduce concentration when they expand; firms above it increase concentration.
Andrew J. Keller, Krishna P. Paudel
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Material Stock and Flow Analysis within the Agricultural Building Sector Based on Local Database
International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences, 2018 The purpose of the paper is to analyze on micro level the stream of building materials needed for raising cattle. The scope of the produced material flow chart will cover the inflow and storage of the materials.
Gabriella Hancz, József Kovács
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FEEDER CATTLE PRICE DIFFERENTIALS IN GEORGIA TELEAUCTIONS [PDF]
Three Georgia feeder cattle teleauction markets were analyzed from 1977 to 1988 to estimate the impacts of cattle characteristics and market conditions on prices. Cattle characteristic price impacts were similar to those in previous studies.
Dykes, Nancy S. +2 more
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Risk management externalities in agrifood supply chains
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Firms may under‐ or over‐invest in risk management from the social planner's perspective, resulting in a negative externality on other economic agents in the supply chain. The externality of risk management is particularly relevant for agrifood supply chains, which frequently experience disruptions and play a primary role in preventing major ...
Jeffrey Hadachek, Meilin Ma
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