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The Investment Potential of Warm-Season Grasses for Hill-Land Beef Producers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Gerard E. D’Souza ,
Rafael F. Romero  and
Dennis K. Smith
Gerard E. D’Souza
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, West Virginia University
Rafael F. Romero
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, West Virginia University
Dennis K. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, West Virginia University
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Abstract

The investment potential of warm-season grasses is compared with that of cool-season grasses, with special emphasis on hill-land beef production. In addition to evaluating relative costs and returns for various grazing systems, a sensitivity analysis is conducted. The results are then illustrated for a representative hill-land farm in West Virginia, and both an optimal and a set of quasi-optimal solutions are generated within the linear programming framework. In general, warm-season grasses are found to be a superior investment alternative for hill-land beef producers.

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , April 1988 , pp. 56 - 63
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Copyright © 1988 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Published with the approval of the Director of the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station as Scientific Article #2091. This research was supported with funds appropriated under the Hatch/McIntire-Stennis, etc. Act.

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