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Author: Economic Research Service (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13:

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The U.S. Beef Cow-calf Industry
The U.S. Beef Cow-calf Industry

Author: Henry C. Gilliam

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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Extract: The number of beef cows in each of the four major U.S. cow-calf production regions declined by about one-fifth between 1975 and 1980 in response to sharp reductions in feeder cattle prices and increases in production costs during the midseventies. Several physical measures of performance indicate that most resources were used more efficiently in beef cow-calf production in 1980 than in 1975. This report identifies the structural characteristics and operating practices for beef cow-calf production operations in the United States.

Simulation Of Beef Cattle Production Systems And Its Use In Economic Analysis
Simulation Of Beef Cattle Production Systems And Its Use In Economic Analysis

Author: Thomas H Spreen

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1000239616

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Economic analysis of beef cattle production has been limited by the inability to fully describe the underlying production process. Except for confined feeding of cattle, beef cattle production is the process of growing cattle who consume forages. The animal and the forage possess attributes of both factors and products of production. The production of forage constitutes one production process, animal growth is another production process, and reproduction by female animals is a third production process. Cattle production involves all three processes in such a manner that each influences the outcome of the other. Each process is itself complex and analysis is further complicated when all three are considered simultaneously.