COST EFFECTIVENESS OF ON-FARM SEMI-CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS FOR COW-CALF PRODUCTION

Kelly J. Jones, David G. Lust, Kathleen Brooks and Mallory K. Vestal

No 143089, 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: During extreme drought, grazing is unavailable and hay is expensive. Feed and labor costs in confinement cow-calf systems using concentrate diets are not well established. Cows were wintered in semi-confinement and costs determined. Results indicate that high concentrate confinement systems diets may provide alternatives to forage based cow-calf systems.

Keywords: Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.143089

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