TY - EJOUR AB - Actual live hog sales data from the Swine Center at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale are used to examine marketing practices and develop a forecasting and budgeting tool. The data show that carcassbased hog sales receive a price premium of $4.35 per live hundredweight. Likewise, hogs marketed at the optimal live weight, 244 pounds, receive a $0.26 per hundredweight premium. The data are also used to develop a futures-based hedging and forecasting model. Price forecasts are used to generate revenue estimates to assist with business planning. The results demonstrate a number of ways producers and agribusinesses can use sales data to improve their marketing and business planning. AU - Sanders, Dwight AU - Apgar, Gary AU - Manfredo, Mark R. DA - 2005 DA - 2005 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.190711 DO - doi EP - 49 EP - 42 ID - 190711 JF - Journal of the ASFMRA (American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers) KW - Agribusiness KW - Livestock Production/Industries KW - Marketing L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190711/files/228.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190711/files/228.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190711/files/228.pdf LA - eng LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190711/files/228.pdf N2 - Actual live hog sales data from the Swine Center at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale are used to examine marketing practices and develop a forecasting and budgeting tool. The data show that carcassbased hog sales receive a price premium of $4.35 per live hundredweight. Likewise, hogs marketed at the optimal live weight, 244 pounds, receive a $0.26 per hundredweight premium. The data are also used to develop a futures-based hedging and forecasting model. Price forecasts are used to generate revenue estimates to assist with business planning. The results demonstrate a number of ways producers and agribusinesses can use sales data to improve their marketing and business planning. PY - 2005 PY - 2005 SP - 42 T1 - Using Farm-Level Data to Improve Marketing and Planning: An Illustration with Live Hogs TI - Using Farm-Level Data to Improve Marketing and Planning: An Illustration with Live Hogs UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190711/files/228.pdf VL - 2005 Y1 - 2005 T2 - Journal of the ASFMRA (American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers) ER -