Probabilistic Models of Yield, Price, and Revenue Risks for Fed Cattle Production

Eric J. Belasco, Mykel R. Taylor, Barry K. Goodwin and Ted C. Schroeder

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2009, vol. 41, issue 01

Abstract: Cattle feeding enterprises operate amid variability originating in prices and production. This research explicitly models yield risks related to cattle feeding by relating the mean and variance of yield performance factors to observable conditioning variables. The results demonstrate that pen characteristics, such as entry weight, gender, placement season, and location influence the mean and variability of yield factors, defined as dry matter feed conversion, average daily gain, mortality, and animal health costs. Ex ante profit distributions, conditional on cattle placement characteristics, are derived through simulation methods to evaluate the effects of price or yield shocks on the distributional characteristics of expected profits.

Keywords: conditional variance; production risk; cattle feeding; yields; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty; D24; D81; Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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