AN APPLICATION OF SPATIAL ANALYSIS TO BEEF SLAUGHTER PLANT LOCATION AND SIZE, QUEENSLAND

P.A. Cassidy, W.O. McCarthy and H.I. Toft

Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1970, vol. 14, issue 01, 20

Abstract: The objective of this study is to define in the cost minimizing sense the optimum size and location for beef slaughter plants in the Eastern Central Queensland region. The plant location model used for this purpose is a modified transhipment formulation. It is applied to both a long run unlimited capacity case and a short run limited capacity case. The analysis indicates that for both cases production-area oriented slaughter minimizes costs. Sensitivity testing of the stability of the solution is outlined.

Keywords: Industrial; Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1970
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