THE VALUE OF PROTEIN IN FEED BARLEY FOR BEEF, DAIRY, AND SWINE FEEDING

Jeffrey LaFrance () and Myles J. Watts

Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1986, vol. 11, issue 01, 6

Abstract: The impact of the protein content of feed barley on the costs of feeding beef, dairy cattle, and swine in Montana is evaluated. A model of least-cost feed rations is constructed to analyze the marginal value of additional protein content in feed barley. The results indicate that increasing the protein content of feed barley above 12% will not substantially increase the value of barley to feeders. This implies that the establishment and maintenance of a protein premium in the feed barley market would tend to result in lower average prices for feed barley because the feed value/protein relationship is concave and the market would be sustaining costs that the inherent value of the commodity could not support.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.32540

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