Economic returns using risk-rated budget analysis for rabbiteye blueberry in Georgia

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 506-515

  Fonsah, Esendugue Greg ^a   Krewer, Gerard ^b   Harrison, Kerry ^c   Stanaland, Danny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed costs; Harvesting; Marketing; Production cost; Risk rated returns; Variable costs

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 45749118291     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.3.506     Document Type: Article

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