The next $120,000: A case study to illustrate analysis of alternative farm investments in fixed assets

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1159-1169

  St Pierre, N R ^a   Shoemaker, D ^a   Jones, L R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FARME Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial analysis; Financial ratios; Fixed assets investments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVESTMENT; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INVESTMENTS; LACTATION; MILK; RECORDS;

EID: 0034183362     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74982-4     Document Type: Article

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