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This paper is a summary of some of the considerations involved in applying an existing model to a new problem, in particular in deciding whether to update or not, and some of the issues involved in interpreting the output from the new application. Thus where you start from does influence where...
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tourist sector. Frozen and chilled beef are imported to fulfil the tourist demand. This imported beef, most of it from … Australia, competes with the local beef in the tourist sector. The terrorist attack in October 2002 caused the tourist industry … to collapse and this impact has been passed down to the demand for local and imported beef. The objective of this paper …
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inappropriate pricing and marketing strategies to be adopted by Australian beef and cattle producers and exporters. In this paper …, data from 29,000 households on Java are used to estimate a demand system for beef, chicken and other meat groups. Java … procedures are used that correct for the biases caused by unit values, the own-price elasticities of both beef (-0.46) and …
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In the past China has been self-sufficient in beef products, but, with a dramatic increase in consumer spending on food …, demand for beef, which is seen as a novel and nutritious food, has grown. By employing a partial equilibrium model and … sensitivity analysis under different scenarios, this study found that an expanded dairy-beef industry would reduce the beef …
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quality (less fatty) pork to be produced, has resulted in more favourable feed-conversion ratios in pig husbandry and has … fattening and finishing pigs, it has become possible to produce leaner pork more cost effectively in Vietnam. The new feed …
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cholesterol pork was introduced to the Australian market. A stated choice analysis was used, with the following questions … addressed. How are current purchases of fresh pork affected by concerns about cholesterol content? What financial premium, if … any, would consumers place on reduced cholesterol pork? Would consumers buy more pork if a low cholesterol option were …
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hypothetical low cholesterol pork product into the Australian market. Here, a newly updated pig meat model reported by Griffith et … willingness to pay for this new pork product. Six different scenarios are examined that are combinations of a 10, 20 or 30 per … cent increase in consumer demand, with and without a 10 per cent increase in the costs of producing the more valuable pork …
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Retained ownership has been found to be a profitable endeavor, yet many cow-calf producers choose not to retain their calves. While this paper does not directly explore the reasons producers might have for not retaining ownership, which may include uncertainty, it does explore innovative use of...
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Cow-calf producers face an annual decision on when to sell their calves. They can sell them at any point between weaning and slaughter, with the objective of finding the profit maximizing selling point. This paper investigates the use of price signals to determine profit maximizing selling...
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performance of beef cow herd operations in the Southern Plains region by measuring their technical efficiency index. Factors that … technical inefficiency among the Southern beef cattle operations that participated in the SPA data was found. …
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