Organization, costs and returns of cattle ranches in northwestern New Mexico, 1978

Summary; Procedures; Description of area; Size and location; Climate; Elevation, topography and soils; Vegetation; Tenure and land use; Public lands; Livestock numbers; Production practices and problems; climate feeding practices; Calving and calving percentages; Breeding programs; Death losses; Range practices; Sale weights; Capital sources; Land values; Labor supply; Marketing practices; Major problems; Representative ranch budgets; Small cow-calf ranches; Medium-sized cow-calf ranches; Large cow-calf ranches; Comparisons of efficiency factors; Conclusions; Literature cited; Appendix; Value of resources used; Animal units; Livestock sale weights; Prices and depreciation; Inventory changes; Returns to operator labor, management and capitalBulletin containing information gathered during a 1978 study of the economics of cattle ranching operations in northwestern New Mexico, and subsequent analysis of the data