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Optimal Stocking Density for Dual-Purpose Winter Wheat Production

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  • Kaitibie, Simeon
  • Epplin, Francis M.
  • Brorsen, B. Wade
  • Horn, Gerald W.
  • Krenzer, Eugene G.
  • Paisley, Steven I.

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Dual-purpose winter wheat production is an important economic enterprise in the southern Great Plains of the United States. Because of the complex interactions involved in producing wheat grain and beef gain from a single crop, stocking density is an important decision. The objective of the research is to determine the stocking density that maximizes expected net returns from dual-purpose winter wheat production. Statistical tests rejected a conventional linear-response plateau function in favor of a linear-response stochastic plateau function. The optimal stocking density of 1.48 steers/ha (0.60 steers/acre) is 19% greater with a stochastic than with a nonstochastic plateau.

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  • Kaitibie, Simeon & Epplin, Francis M. & Brorsen, B. Wade & Horn, Gerald W. & Krenzer, Eugene G. & Paisley, Steven I., 2003. "Optimal Stocking Density for Dual-Purpose Winter Wheat Production," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 35(1), pages 29-38, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:35:y:2003:i:01:p:29-38_00
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    6. Taylor, Karen W. & Epplin, Francis M. & Peel, Derrell S., 2006. "Risk Efficient Strategies for Using Winter Wheat Pasture," 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida 35393, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
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    JEL classification:

    • R32 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • C29 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Other
    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory

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