THI APPLICATION TO INSURING AGAINST HEAT STRESS IN DAIRY COWS

Xiaohui Deng, Barry J. Barnett (), Dmitry Vedenov and Joe W. West

No 34800, 2004 Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Heat stress is associated with reduced milk production in dairy cows. Insurance instruments based on an index of ambient temperature and relative humidity measured at Macon, Georgia and Tallahassee, Florida are shown to reduce net revenue risk for a representative farm in south-central Georgia.

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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