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Book Management  Productivity and Economic Profiles of Two Sizes of Utah Cattle Ranches

Download or read book Management Productivity and Economic Profiles of Two Sizes of Utah Cattle Ranches written by T.L. Capps and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Technical Report INT

Download or read book General Technical Report INT written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Range and Ranch Economics Bibliography  1968 85

Download or read book Range and Ranch Economics Bibliography 1968 85 written by Fred J. Wagstaff and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Genesis of FORPLAN

Download or read book The Genesis of FORPLAN written by David C. Iverson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Economic Analysis of Management Alternatives for Utah Cattle Ranches and Potential Effects on Beef Production

Download or read book An Economic Analysis of Management Alternatives for Utah Cattle Ranches and Potential Effects on Beef Production written by David B. Hewlett and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The high feed grain prices of the last few years and the resulting high prices for heavy feeder cattle relative to lightweight feeder calves may provide economic incentives to market cattle from rangelands as yearlings. A majority of the economic studies investigating the profitability of retained ownership of beef calves to sell as yearlings have used a budgeting technique to compare a straight cow-yearling operation retaining all calves, to a straight cow-calf operation selling all calves. In this study linear programming was used to develop an optimum combination of various livestock marketing alternatives for maximizing net ranch income. Two typical Utah ranch sizes (150 and 300 head of brood cows) were modeled and optimum range livestock marketing schemes were developed using linear programming analysis. Based on average Utah cattle prices for 1970-1975 the optimum range livestock management alternatives for both ranch sizes in terms of maximizing net ranch income was to reduce the cow herd 25 percent and use the released feed resources to retain all steer calves for sale as yearlings. Retention of heifer calves was not profitable and they were sold a t weaning. Net ranch income for the optimum strategy was only slightly higher than the income of the base cow-calf operation for the small ranch. The large ranch showed a larger gain in net ranch income from retention of yearlings. The capital requirement of the optimum strategies was three to five percent less than for the base cow-calf operations. A reduction in the size of the breeding herd to accommodate retained yearlings would result in a reduction in the number of feeder livestock marketed. Potential decreases in U. S. beef production from 1 to 4 percent were estimated if 25-100 percent of the ranchers in the 11 western states adopted the optimum management alternative. These reductions would result in an increase in the price of beef in the U. S. of 1 to 6 percent.

Book Economics of Size of Cattle Ranches and Wheat Farms and a Comparison of Management Alternatives for Marginal Cropland in Utah

Download or read book Economics of Size of Cattle Ranches and Wheat Farms and a Comparison of Management Alternatives for Marginal Cropland in Utah written by John P. Workman and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five long-run average cost curves were derived from questionnaire and interview data by connecting points corresponding to the per unit production costs and levels of beef output for four cattle ranch sizes (50, 150, 300, and 500 head of breeding cows). Analysis of the long-run average cost curves in combination with the 1968 weighted Utah beef price revealed that all four ranch sizes studied are capable of meeting cash costs. If the goal of the ranch operator is to meet both cash costs and depreciation, a cattle ranch supporting 105 breeding cows is the minimum size necessary. If provision is made to cover cash costs and depreciation in addition to receiving a fair return for operator and family labor, the ranch must support at least 360 breeding cows. None of the four ranch sizes studied were capable of meeting all production costs including five per cent interest on investment. The minimum ranch size necessary to cover all production costs including 1.4 per cent interest on investment is 500 head of breeding cows. Farmer questionnaires and the machine capacity technique provided data from which five long-run average cost curves were derived by connecting points representing average production costs and levels of wheat output for four sizes of wheat farms (500, 1000, 2000, and 3000 acres). The long-run average cost curves were analyzed in combination with the 1968 Utah wheat price. All four wheat farm sizes studied are capable of meeting cash costs. In order to cover both cash costs and depreciation a wheat farm of at least 940 acres is required. The minimum wheat farm size necessary to meet cash costs and depreciation as well as provide a fair return to operator and family labor is 2430 acres. None of the four sizes of wheat farms studied was large enough to cover all costs including interest on investment at five per cent. In order to cover all production costs including 0,64 per cent interest on investment a wheat farm of at least 3000 acres is required, Costs and returns to five management alternatives for marginal Utah cropland ( (1) wheat production by owner-operator, (2) leasing crop.. land to tenants for dryland wheat production, (3) leasing forage on an AUM basis, (4) leasing of forage on a livestock gain basis, and (5) stocker cattle production by the land owner) were compared in the short run, in the long-run assuming that all inputs were variable, and in the long-run assuming that land and operator and family labor were fixed, For the marginal cropland owner who also owns wheat production factors, wheat production on an owner-operator basis is the most favorable short-run alternative. Wheat production on a tenant basis is the only short-run alternative open to cropland owners who own neither wheat production factors nor the improvements necessary for grazing enterprises. Leasing forage on a livestock gain basis is the most favorable short-run alternative for cropland owners whose holdings are equipped with grazing improvements. For the long-run situation in which all inputs were considered variable, all five management alternatives yielded negative returns. Under such conditions a rational land owner would refuse to choose from among the five alternatives studied and would instead liquidate his land holdings. When operator and family labor and land were considered fixed, leasing cropland to tenants for dryland wheat production proved to be the most favorable long-run management alternative. Showing the second highest internal rate of return was leasing forage on a livestock gain basis followed ~ stocker cattle production by the land owner. Wheat production ~ the land owner and leasing forage on an AUM basis proved to be the least favorable long-run management alternatives on marginal cropland.

Book Utah Science

Download or read book Utah Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Agrindex

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Download or read book Agrindex written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Range Economics

Download or read book Range Economics written by John P. Workman and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rangelands

Download or read book Rangelands written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Current Issues in Rangeland Resource Economics

Download or read book Current Issues in Rangeland Resource Economics written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cattle Ranching in Utah

Download or read book Cattle Ranching in Utah written by William Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cattle Ranching in Utah

Download or read book Cattle Ranching in Utah written by George Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: