Reasons for U.S. Producer Selection of a Goat Enterprise

Brittany Dunn, Narayan Nyaupane, Jeffrey Gillispie and Kenneth McMillan

No 196417, 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This paper addresses 14 possible reasons why meat goat producers selected to engage in meat goat production, with results having implications for research, extension, and teaching efforts. A survey of meat goat producers was conducted. Reasons for entering meat goat production were assessed and analyzed using ordered probit models.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 2014-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196417

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