Download or read book Simulation Of Beef Cattle Production Systems And Its Use In Economic Analysis written by Thomas H Spreen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic analysis of beef cattle production has been limited by the inability to fully describe the underlying production process. Except for confined feeding of cattle, beef cattle production is the process of growing cattle who consume forages. The animal and the forage possess attributes of both factors and products of production. The production of forage constitutes one production process, animal growth is another production process, and reproduction by female animals is a third production process. Cattle production involves all three processes in such a manner that each influences the outcome of the other. Each process is itself complex and analysis is further complicated when all three are considered simultaneously.

Download or read book Simulation Of Beef Cattle Production Systems And Its Use In Economic Analysis written by Thomas H Spreen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic analysis of beef cattle production has been limited by the inability to fully describe the underlying production process. Except for confined feeding of cattle, beef cattle production is the process of growing cattle who consume forages. The animal and the forage possess attributes of both factors and products of production. The production of forage constitutes one production process, animal growth is another production process, and reproduction by female animals is a third production process. Cattle production involves all three processes in such a manner that each influences the outcome of the other. Each process is itself complex and analysis is further complicated when all three are considered simultaneously.

Download or read book Economic Analysis of Futuristic Beef Cattle and Forage Production Systems written by Donald Gray Chafin and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Economics of Animal Health and Production written by Jonathan Rushton and published by CABI. This book was released on 2009 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. Illustrated with review studies on animal health economics, this book presents information on the most important economic tools applied to livestock, covering both theory and practical applications. Topics covered include gross margin analysis, partial budgeting, investment and financial appraisal and cost-benefit analysis. There are also sections on decision tree analysis, optimisation methods, value chain analysis, new institutional economics, DALYs and a range of policy analysis tools. International experts contribute on important theoretical and practical aspects of animal health and production economics, with global themes on livestock and poverty.

Download or read book Economic Modelling of Selected Beef Cattle Production Systems written by Richard M. Meek and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Economics Of Livestock Systems In Developing Countries written by James R Simpson and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Economics Of Livestock Systems In Developing Countries written by James R Simpson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improvement of the world's livestock industry necessitates input from many directions. Planning by a host of national and international agencies is required in order to provide optimal stimulus in very diverse areas ranging from formulation of laws and incentives that stimulate competition yet prevent undue competition, to the optimal provision of credit. Planning is needed to carry out a complex array of interrelated research. The purpose of this book is specifically tasked with setting forth frameworks and methods for evaluation of investments and associated economic decision-making in the livestock industries of developing countries. Economists will find this book useful because it synthesizes .much material into a cohesive whole--material that is often presented in a cursory manner or overlooked as emphasis has shifted to sophisticated quantitative techniques.

Download or read book A Computer Model Simulating Extensive Beef Cattle Production Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Economic Analysis of the Effect of Monetary Policy on the Beef Industry written by Richard L. Trimble and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Analysis of Stocker Cattle Production Alternatives Using a Computer Simulation Model written by Barton Wade Brorsen and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agricultural Systems Modeling and Simulation written by Robert M. Peart and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a treatment of modern applications of modelling and simulation in crop, livestock, forage/livestock systems, and field operations. The book discusses methodologies from linear programming and neutral networks, to expert or decision support systems, as well as featuring models, such as SOYGRO, CROPGRO and GOSSYM/COMAX. It includes coverage on evaporation and evapotranspiration, the theory of simulation based on biological processes, and deficit irrigation scheduling.

Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture with Subject Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1987-10 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Analysis of Beef Cattle and Groundwater written by Sang Su Ha and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As climate change progresses, extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and abnormal high and low temperatures frequently appear. These extreme changes in weather conditions result in modifying existing production strategies throughout agriculture. Kansas' two most important agricultural sectors, beef cattle and crop production, are in need of adjusting their production strategies reflecting on climate change. This study quantifies how changing climate affects the beef carcass performance and whether adverse impacts on carcass quality can be addressed with index-based insurance. Additionally, we analyzed the possibility of an economic approach to allocating groundwater pumping rights in Western Kansas without infringement of legal ownership. Groundwater is essential for grain production in Western Kansas but has slowly been depleted. The structure of water use rights in Kansas has not been substantially altered for many years. The first chapter examines the influence of weather stress and water quality on beef carcass yield index and marbling score. These attributes, in part, determine the market value of beef. The estimation results indicate that prolonged exposure to cold and heat stress led to deteriorated yield index and a lower marbling score. The yield index increased with longer exposures to heat or cold stress. Furthermore, the heat stress impact is larger than that of cold stress on meat productivity, and the marbling score was more vulnerable to the effect of cold stress. In order to determine how weather stresses affect profitability, we carried out a simulation analysis of beef value reduction. Simulation analysis results indicated that weather stress steadily increased producers' losses, although impaired marbling scores attributed to heat stress had a relatively limited effect on profitability. Estimation results indicate that 40 hours of exposure to heat stress corresponds to approximately a $30 loss per head. Alternatively, 40 hours of cold stress is predicted to cause a loss of about $15 per head. Accessibility to water is essential for beef production, but the impact of water quality on beef carcass outcomes has not been researched in depth. The potential of hydrogen (pH) in groundwater slightly affected beef performance. We also confirmed no significant relationship between transportation and marbling scores was observed. Additionally, we calculated fair premium rates for a weather-index livestock insurance product that mitigates the potential and partial losses from extreme weather. The second chapter analyzed a new groundwater permit allocation scheme for Kansas and the potential resulting groundwater savings and effects on crop production. The primary purpose of Chapter 2 was to quantify the marginal value of groundwater and assess the possibility of market-based permit trading to reduce groundwater extraction without negatively impacting the well-being of producers. The High Plains Aquifer (HPA) spreads out across eight states from South Dakota to Texas and provides more than 90% of irrigation water used in that region. Ninety-seven percent of groundwater extraction from HPA has been used for irrigation, and 76.5% of farms rely on groundwater in Kansas (USDA-NRCS 2013). Despite improvements in groundwater management in Kansas, the major problem of groundwater depletion continues. As awareness of the limitations of centralized governance approaches based on pumping restrictions has increased, localized and decentralized market-based approaches have gained popularity. Data were collected through the use of the Water Information Management and Analysis System (WIMAS) in Kansas. We used local crop-water production functions based on Crop Water Allocator (CWA) developed by the Kansas State University Research and Extension (KSRE). We calculated the marginal value of each irrigation well using crop-water functions. These values are used to set the permit transaction price. Kansas groundwater is worth an average of $782.73 per acre-foot. The area with the highest value is Groundwater Management District (GMD) 4 at $902; the area with the lowest groundwater value is GMD3 at $727. Our simulations found increased farm household income in all regions with permit trading. A Uniform Double Auction generates an average income of $10,772 for groundwater sellers, and buyers may earn $13,046 after groundwater sellers have received their payment. From a regional perspective, the GMD3 region had the highest average buyer income of $15,267 and the highest average seller income of $13,840. In Discriminatory Double Auction, Sellers earned an average of $13,529 from groundwater permit sales, while buyers earned an average additional income of $10,499. However, the ultimate goal of actual groundwater use reduction through water trading is not easily accomplished due to many (65%) unused authorized quantities in Kansas. The benefit from permit trading must outweigh the economic motivation for groundwater saving. The market-based approach could promote sustainable groundwater use under the current Kansas groundwater use trend, providing more returns to farmers with higher yields. Based on these calculated values, the market-based approach increased the private net benefit, as sellers and buyers of permits are better off after trading. To make permit trading successful in Kansas with groundwater use saving, one must overcome barriers such as issuing new water permits each year, high non-use rates, and non-infringement on those who received water rights before 1964. The Kansas State Government and farmers should begin discussions and administrative support to pursue a sustainable agricultural economy due to the conservation for future generations and groundwater resources.

Download or read book The Uses of Economic Models in Analysis of the Cattle Sector written by Richard C. Porter and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Modelling of Extensive Livestock Production Systems written by N. de Ridder and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ILCA's policy towards modelling in the framework of livestock systems research; models and the analysis of productivity in extensive livestock systems in Israel; prediction of actual primary production under nitrogen limitation; behavioural aspects of intake at pasture in ruminats; prediction of feed intake in ruminats; relationships between chemical composition and voluntary intake of feeds by sheep and cattle; the effect of breeding season duration on production and feed consumption in grazing beef cattle in the south of Israel; adaptation of the Kahan model for a mixed farming system in southeastern Asia; appraisal of the ILCA cattle herd dynamics model using data from pastoral systems in mali and kenya; moddeling pastoral livestock production: problems and prospect; analysis of management impact in semi-arid agropastoral systems; modelling economic outcomes of livestock production systems; selection of sheep husbandy techologies under single and multiple goal constraints; types, purposes and users of models; problems related do intake.

Download or read book Bio economic Simulation of Beef Cattle Production written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mathematical Modelling of Livestock Production Systems Application of the Texas A M University Beef Cattle Production to Botswana written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: