@article{Tozer:139912,
      recid = {139912},
      author = {Tozer, Peter R.},
      title = {The Benefits of Management Changes in Beef Enterprises on  Pastoral Stations in Western Australia.},
      address = {2006},
      number = {417-2016-26346},
      pages = {13},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {A set of simulations were run to estimate the impact on  gross margins due to improvements in cattle breeding  efficiency and other management factors in extensive  pastoral systems in Western Australia. The output from the  simulations was integrated into a statistical model of  gross margin as a function of breeding and management  variables. The simulations showed that gross margin was an  increasing function of breeding rates, but age at first  breeding and age at sale of offspring had variable effects  on the gross margin of the enterprise. The statistical  model illustrated that for a one per cent increase in  breeding rates, an increase in gross income of $5274 was  possible. The optimal ages at first breeding and sale of  offspring were 20.6 months and 10.8 months respectively.  Information generated by the simulation and the statistical  model allows management to identify the breakeven value, or  limit of expenditure, of changes to the system, beyond  which the change will not increase enterprise gross  margin.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/139912},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.139912},
}