Economic replacement of a heterogeneous herd

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-35

  Boys, Kathryn A ^a   Li, Ning ^b   Preckel, Paul V ^a   Schinckel, Allan P ^a   Foster, Kenneth A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Citigroup ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Herd decisions; Livestock economics; Livestock replacement

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MARKETING; PIG;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 33846899783     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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