Economic Factors Determining Changes in Dressed Weights of Live Cattle and Hogs

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-326

  Marsh, John M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dressed weights; Elasticities; Placement weight; Profitability ratios; Weight added

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033416802     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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