Selection of Breeding Stock by U.S. Meat Goat Producers

Narayan Nyaupane, Jeffrey Gillespie, Kenneth McMillin, Robert Harrison and Isaac Sitienei

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2017, vol. 49, issue 3

Abstract: Using nationwide survey data, we investigate U.S. meat goat producer preferences and willingness to pay for meat goat breeding stock attributes. Discrete choice experiments were employed, and mixed logit and latent class models were used for analysis. Results showed that producers preferred animals that were highly masculine/feminine, had good structure and soundness, and were of the Boer breed, whereas they preferred fewer animals that were older, of Kiko and Spanish breeds, and priced higher. Significant preference heterogeneity was found among the respondents. Larger-scale producers had greater preference for high masculinity/femininity, good structure and soundness, and Boer bucks.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.352119

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