Article
Biologically based coefficients for partitioning lamb and wool production costs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 1999
Blackburn H D, Pittroff W
Abstract excerpt
Global competition for selling lamb and wool requires sheep producers to effectively prioritize wool and lamb production. Both products are produced simultaneously, and this makes it difficult to differentially assess costs and net returns. This study addressed this issue by developing coefficients for use in financial analysis of lamb and wool profitability across and within five regions of the United States...
Topics
- Algorithms
- Animal Husbandry
- Animals
- Economic Competition
- Genotype
- Models, Economic
- Sheep
- Wool
