The New Economics of Livestock Production Management

Todd Hubbs, Paul V. Preckel, Allan P. Schinckel, John Deen, Kenneth Alan Foster, Stanley E. Curtis and E. Wayne Johnson

No 6146, 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The importance of heterogeneity of animal attributes in livestock production is assessed. Preliminary results indicate that variance and skew measures of attributes may be becoming more important over time.

Keywords: livestock economics; herd management; livestock marketing; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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