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(MILC) program since 2002. Aggregate production is decomposed into the size of the dairy herd and milk production per cow …
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With the 2009 milk prices still fresh on everyone’s mind, there has been increased interest in ways to limit milk price volatility. Using SERF, this paper determined some dairies are willing to pay for limited milk price volatility and found a value they are willing to pay using risk premiums.
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The beef industry in the United States consists of several distinct production levels ranging from the cow … the relationships within the beef industry may allow researchers to fine-tune analyses of environmental issues in the beef …
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The wool and mohair industries have been in a period of radical transition over the last few years. A number of issues have adversely impacted wool and mohair producers. These include loss of milling infrastructure, world economic events that have severely damaged export markets, increasing...
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This study evaluates how the availability of animal tracing affects the cost of a hypothetical Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in the Texas High Plains using alternative tracing scenarios. To accomplish this objective, the AusSpread epidemic disease spread model (Ward et al., 2006) is used...
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, wheat, and beef cattle production systems. Effects on cost of production budgets are calculated, examining affects on …
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) beef grading system plays an important role in marketing and … promoting of beef. USDA graders inspect beef carcasses and determine quality grade within a few seconds. Although the graders … seasonality of beef demand and macroeconomic events influence the grading behavior of USDA graders. Producers gain financially …
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Ground beef consumption in the United States accounts for over half of total beef consumption and is included in a … variety of products from tacos to chili to hamburgers (Greene 2012; National Cattlemen’s Beef Association 2009, 2012; Peel …, 2012). The importance of ground beef to U.S. consumers is reflected in the number of restaurants that include hamburgers on …
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