Preconditioning calf programs, while not new, are becoming more prevalent. They provide benefits to cow-calf producers … preconditioning programs and related feeder cattle traits. Our results indicate that price premiums, although evident, appear to be … insufficient by themselves to cover the marginal costs of preconditioning. …

, one can modify the original linear system in order to improve convergence properties. This is known as preconditioning. In … this paper, we investigate the effects of several preconditioning techniques in the framework of dynamic programming … problems and financial option pricing. Very few theoretical results on preconditioning are known and experiments have to be …

Objectives were twofold: Determine key factors influencing preconditioning cost and returns; and determine the premium … Noble Foundation show preconditioning returns depend significantly on number of days preconditioned, average daily gain, and …