Identifying risk factors affecting weather- and disease-related losses in the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-40

  Hanson, Terrill R ^a   Shaik, Saleem ^b   Coble, Keith H ^a   Edwards, Seanicaa ^a   Corey Miller, J ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Columnaris; Enteric septicemia of catfish; Risk management; Tobit; Weather losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255191785     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500002124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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