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Feed Conversion Ratio, Profitability and Farm Size in China’s Pig Industry

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Author	Wang, Dan Huang, Jikun Lohmar, Brian
Abstract	The paper is based on a survey we have designed to document the feeding practices in China’s hog industry. We estimate the live weight FCR to be 2.99, in which commercialized farms (>500 head/year) are the most efficient with FCR of 2.73, followed by specialized farms (50-499 head/year) of 2.90, and the main inefficiency in feeding comes from backyard ( Details Title Feed Conversion Ratio, Profitability and Farm Size in China’s Pig Industry Keywords Feed conversion ratio; farm size Author(s) Wang, Dan Huang, Jikun Lohmar, Brian Subject(s) Farm Management Land Economics/Use Livestock Production/Industries Issue Date 2015 Publication Type Conference Paper/ Presentation DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.212621 Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212621 PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/212621 Language English Total Pages 30 JEL Codes C83 Q12 L110 Record Appears in International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) > 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy Preview Select file: Wang-Feeding China_s Pigs-938 Statistics Downloads Unique Downloads Views Unique Views from to By Days By Months By Years Update Export Download Full History
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Page Count	30
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DOI	10.22004/ag.econ.212621
Language	English
Publisher Date	2015-01-01
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Subject Keyword	Applied Economics Agricultural Economics Agri-economic Open Access Database Research in Applied Economics Research in Agricultural Economics Higher Study On Agricultural Economics Higher Study On Applied Economics Agricultural Research Documents Agrarian Economy & Research Higher Study Agri-economics Research in Economics Agri-economic Open Access Repository Statistics in Agricultural Economics Feed Conversion Ratio, Farm Size Feed Conversion Ratio Farm Size Farm Management Land Economics/use Livestock Production/industries
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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