The effect of crop yield and feed price variability on profitability of dairy farming in Virginia: a target MOTAD approach

Dairy farming in Virginia could be more profitable if price and yield risks affecting the cost and availability of feed inputs such as corngrain, corn silage, alfalfa and ryelage are reduced. Price and yield risk facing dairy farmers in Virginia can be reduced through a marketing strategy like hedgi...

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Main Author: Johnson, Christian J.
Other Authors: Agricultural Economics
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41920
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04072009-040551/