Boys, Kathryn A.; Li, Ning; Preckel, Paul V.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
A model was developed and used to determine the optimal slaughter weights of pigs with heterogeneous growth raised in a 1,000 head barn and marketed in truckload groups. Explicitly recognizing the heterogeneity of pig weights and marketing the herd over time in truckload batches can...