Analysis of contracting alternatives for switchgrass as a production alternative on an East Tennessee beef and crop farm

AgBioForum

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-216

  Griffith, Andrew P ^a   Larson, James A ^a   English, Burton C ^a   McLemore, Dan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contract; Net returns; Risk aversion; Stochastic dominance; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84865710513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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