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| Title: | Live Animal Ultrasound Information as a Decision Tool in Replacement Beef Heifer Programs |
| Authors: | Dos Santos, Alecsandro
Anderson, John D.
Vann, Rhonda C.
Willard, Scott T. |
| Keywords: | expected utility
heifer development
logit
real-time ultrasound |
| JEL Codes: | Q11
Q12
Q13 |
| Issue Date: | 2008-04 |
| Series/Report no.: | JAAE |
| Abstract: | Real-time ultrasound information taken on beef heifers prior to backgrounding is used to
develop a logit model to aid heifer retention decisions. The value of ultrasound data is
calculated as the difference in certainty equivalents between a decision rule incorporating
ultrasound information and one using only visual cues. The value of ultrasound data is
found to be around $10 per head but is influenced by heifer value and backgrounding costs. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/45529 |
| Institution/Association: | Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics>Volume 40, Number 01, April 2008 |
| Total Pages: | 10 |
| From Page: | 335 |
| To Page: | 344 |
| Collections: | Volume 40, Number 01, April 2008
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