DIVERSIFICATION OPPERTUNITIES FOR HOG PRODUCERS: A SINGLE-INDEX MODEL APPLICATION

Miguel A. Lopez-Pereira, J. Lowenberg-DeBoer and Timothy Baker ()

No 269989, 1987 Annual Meeting, August 2-5, East Lansing, Michigan from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The risk of alternative management strategies for midwestern hog enterprises is quantified using results from a single-index model. Results suggest that combining farrowing and finishing may not always be the best strategy for hog producers. Diversification into feed production, cash crops, and nonfarm investments may be better in some situations.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 1987-08-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.269989

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