TY - CPAPER AB - This study uses data from a national survey to determine the goal hierarchies of U.S. meat goat producers and the factors impacting goal structure. Profit maximization and leisure-related goals were the highest-ranked goals. Producer demographics, farm descriptors, region of production, and other factors impacted goal structure. AU - Nyaupane, Narayan AU - Gillespie, Jeffrey AU - Ken, McMillin DA - 2014 DA - 2014 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.162502 DO - doi ID - 162502 KW - Farm Management KW - Livestock Production/Industries KW - Production Economics KW - Goal structure KW - fuzzy pair-wise KW - meat goat KW - farm performance L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162502/files/Narayan_s%20SAEA%20Goat%20Goals%20Paper.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162502/files/Narayan_s%20SAEA%20Goat%20Goals%20Paper.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162502/files/Narayan_s%20SAEA%20Goat%20Goals%20Paper.pdf LA - eng LA - English LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162502/files/Narayan_s%20SAEA%20Goat%20Goals%20Paper.pdf N2 - This study uses data from a national survey to determine the goal hierarchies of U.S. meat goat producers and the factors impacting goal structure. Profit maximization and leisure-related goals were the highest-ranked goals. Producer demographics, farm descriptors, region of production, and other factors impacted goal structure. PY - 2014 PY - 2014 T1 - Goal Structure of U.S. Meat Goat Producers: Is Farm Performance Consistent with the Goals? TI - Goal Structure of U.S. Meat Goat Producers: Is Farm Performance Consistent with the Goals? UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162502/files/Narayan_s%20SAEA%20Goat%20Goals%20Paper.pdf Y1 - 2014 ER -