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Marketing Fed Cattle Based on Expectations of the Underlying Carcass Value Dynamics
- Source :
- Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 54:28-52
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021.
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Abstract
- Fed cattle profitability is determined by complicated dynamic processes of body growth, carcass development, and seasonal prices. A structural model is constructed to contend with all these dynamic processes to predict optimal market timing. Informed simulations are conducted and compared to those observed in the data, as well as to a previous model ignoring the evolution of carcass value. The results indicate that significant improvements to profitability are attainable with the new method. The results also indicate the opportunity cost of not accounting for carcass value, even with error, is more severe than when these dynamics are ignored.
Details
- ISSN :
- 20567405 and 10740708
- Volume :
- 54
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f25b46ffa884b4e7033c5a1c1d928d4c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2021.27