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DO ANTIBIOTICS REDUCE PRODUCTION RISK FOR U.S. PORK PRODUCERS?
Liu, Xuanli; Miller, Gay Y.; McNamara, Paul E. - 2003
Production risk from live weight variation of market pigs has become a more important concern in U.S. swine production … pricing system. Production risk (i.e. weight gain variability) is related to the use of sub-therapeutic antibiotics. Swine … automation in the slaughter process. Swine producers care about standardized pigs because of revenue implications and possible …
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DO ANTIBIOTICS REDUCE PRODUCTION RISK FOR U.S. PORK PRODUCERS?
Liu, Xuanli; Miller, Gay Y.; McNamara, Paul E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2003
Production risk from live weight variation of market pigs has become a more important concern in U.S. swine production … pricing system. Production risk (i.e. weight gain variability) is related to the use of sub-therapeutic antibiotics. Swine … automation in the slaughter process. Swine producers care about standardized pigs because of revenue implications and possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330769
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ECONOMIC AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS IN U.S. HOG PRODUCTION
McBride, William D.; Key, Nigel D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003
Rapid change in the size and ownership structure of U.S. hog production has created new and varied challenges for the industry. This report describes an industry becoming increasingly concentrated among fewer and larger farms, and becoming more economically efficient. These changes have not come...
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ANÁLISE ESTRUTURAL DA SÉRIE DE PREÇOS DO SUÍNO NO ESTADO DO PARANÁ, 1994 A 2007
Aredes, Alan Figueiredo; Pereira, Matheus Wemerson Gomes; … - 2008
behavior of the monthly price received of the swine of the State of the Paraná in the period of 06/1994 the 08/2007. For this …, the series of prices of the swine was decomposed in its elements did not observe: irregular trend, seasonal, cycles and … of the swine has a component irregular ascending trend, a seasonal and cyclical component (of short duration) and an anti …
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Heterogeneous Production Efficiency of Specialized Swine Producers
Tonsor, Glynn T.; Featherstone, Allen M. - 2006
This research evaluates the efficiency of swine firms differing by specialization type and employed technologies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444891
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Role of veterinary management in increasing pig breeding efficiency: a methodological approach
Ozsvari, Laszlo; Biro, Oszkar; Lakner, Zoltan - In: Studies in Agricultural Economics 114 (2012) 1
The aim of this research was to determine the effects of different factors of production (farm management strategy, veterinary management, physical farm conditions, and breeding technology) on the performance of Hungarian pig breeding farms. Performance is defined in a broad sense, reflecting...
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NUTRITION AND THE ECONOMICS OF SWINE MANAGEMENT
Boland, Michael A.; Foster, Kenneth A.; Preckel, Paul V. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 31 (1999) 01
Current methods of formulating animal rations lead to excess nutrient excretion which can potentially lead to excess manure nutrients and an increase in economic costs. These methods do not recognize the impact of diminishing returns. The objective is to simultaneously optimize feed ration...
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SWINE '95 PART I: REFERENCE OF 1995 SWINE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Bush, Eric J. - United States Department of Agriculture, National … - 1995
Monitoring System (NAHMS) swine study, the Swine '95 Grower/Finisher. The first national study, 1990 National Swine Survey …, focused on farrowing sows and preweaning piglets. For the Swine '95 Study, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service … inferences to the nation's swine population. Data for this report were collected from 1,477 producers in sixteen major pork …
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MANURE VALUE AND LIVEWEIGHT SWINE DECISIONS
Roka, Fritz M.; Hoag, Dana L. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 28 (1996) 01
replacement age or market weight. A model of a swine finishing operation representative of North Carolina conditions is developed …
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Heterogeneous Production Efficiency of Specialized Swine Producers
Tonsor, Glynn T.; Featherstone, Allen M. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2006
This research evaluates the efficiency of swine firms differing by specialization type and employed technologies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005338203