Add to ORKGCurrent trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not only larger, but also more likely to be specialized, carrying out only some of the vertically linked phases of production in the same facility. This paper investigates the cost efficiency incentives for these changes by estimating a multistage cost function for hog production. Data are from the Hog Production Practices and Costs portion of the USDA’s 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine pro...
Wide variations in feed consumption and other costs of hog production were found in each of the thre...
Economies of size measure the impact on average cost of production of increasing the size of operati...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
"Scale economies are often touted as the factor behind the trend in the structure of the U.S. hog in...
In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. hog production, McBride and Key (2003) found that a...
In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. hog production, McBride and Key (2003) found that a...
In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. hog production, McBride and Key (2003) found that a...
In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. hog production, McBride and Key (2003) found that a...
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine pro...
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine pro...
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine pro...
Wide variations in feed consumption and other costs of hog production were found in each of the thre...
Economies of size measure the impact on average cost of production of increasing the size of operati...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
Current trends in the structure of hog production in the U.S. are toward facilities that are not onl...
"Scale economies are often touted as the factor behind the trend in the structure of the U.S. hog in...
In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. hog production, McBride and Key (2003) found that a...
In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. hog production, McBride and Key (2003) found that a...
In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. hog production, McBride and Key (2003) found that a...
In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. hog production, McBride and Key (2003) found that a...
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine pro...
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine pro...
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine pro...
Wide variations in feed consumption and other costs of hog production were found in each of the thre...
Economies of size measure the impact on average cost of production of increasing the size of operati...