The United States sheep industry: producer behavior and supply response

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dc.contributor.authorReeves, Jeffery G.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:47:14Zen
dc.date.adate2009-10-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:47:14Zen
dc.date.issued1991en
dc.date.rdate2009-10-10en
dc.date.sdate2009-10-10en
dc.description.abstractRegional and national supply models of the U.S. sheep industry are developed using economic and subjective factors determined from surveys of current producers. Breeding inventories are determined to be positively related to total returns per ewe and crop acreage harvested and negatively related to calf price and hay price. Breeding inventories are projected to decline through 1993 based on current information. The sheep industry is found to be more prone to contraction than to expansion and elasticities indicate a relatively inelastic response by producer in the short-run. Subjective factors are found to be important determinants of flock size. The supply function of U.S. sheep inventories is hypothesized to operate under asset fixity in reverse. Implications for further research are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 97 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10102009-020159en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102009-020159/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45119en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1991.R448.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 24056482en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1991.R448en
dc.subject.lcshSheep industry -- Research -- United Statesen
dc.titleThe United States sheep industry: producer behavior and supply responseen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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