Intensifying beef production on Utah private land: Productivity, profitability, and risk

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-267

  Coppock, D Layne ^a   Snyder, Donald L ^a   Sainsbury, Louise D ^a,b   Amin, Mansi ^a,c   McNiven, Travis D ^a,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c Natural Resources Conservation Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Forage improvements; Irrigated pasture; Linear programming; Range economics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; IRRIGATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PRIVATE LAND; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 67049086908     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-153R1.1     Document Type: Article

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