ANALYSIS OF SITE-SPECIFIC DETERMINANTS OF LOCATION DECISIONS FOR THE U.S. BROILER INDUSTRY

Pramod R. Sambidi and R Wes Harrison ()

No 35121, 2003 Annual Meeting, February 1-5, 2003, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Conjoint analysis is applied to study the attributes affecting the location of a broiler complex. Distance between feed mill and growers, feed cost, and community attitude toward broiler industry are found to be the most important factors influencing the location decision of broiler growing, feed mill, and broiler processing respectively.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.35121

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