Farm-level Economic Evaluation of Net Feed Efficiency in Australia’s Southern Beef Cattle Production System: A Multi-period Linear Programming Approach

Selection of beef cattle for increased net feed efficiency is a current major focus for research. Atpresent the trait seems to be more apparent in Australia’s southern beef production system which isdominated by mixed farming enterprises. Farm-level evaluation of net feed efficiency should takeaccou...

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Main Authors Alford, Andrew R, Griffith, Garry R, Cacho, Oscar J
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.02.2003
Subjects
Farm Management
farm-level evaluation
genetic traits
linear programming
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Summary:Selection of beef cattle for increased net feed efficiency is a current major focus for research. Atpresent the trait seems to be more apparent in Australia’s southern beef production system which isdominated by mixed farming enterprises. Farm-level evaluation of net feed efficiency should takeaccount of the farming system for which it is proposed along with the dynamic nature of geneticselection. Gross margin, linear programming and multi-period linear programming approaches toevaluation of the trait at the farm-level using a representative farm are compared. Implications ofthe trait for researchers and beef producers are identified
Bibliography:http://purl.umn.edu/57826