U.S. Feeder Cattle Prices: Effects of Finance and Risk, Cow-Calf and Feedlot Technologies, and Mexican Feeder Imports

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 463-477

  Marsh, John M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeder cattle; Import shares; Interest; Price impacts; Risk; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035561735     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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