Corn Price Effects on Cost of Gain for Feedlot Cattle: Implications for Breakeven Budgeting

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 669-679

  Anderson, John D ^a   Trapp, James N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Corn price; Cost of gain; Elasticity; Feedlots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034363165     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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