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OPTIMAL CULLING POLICY FOR BREEDING EWES
Author(s) -
Byrne P.F.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australian journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.683
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-8489
pISSN - 0004-9395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1967.tb00035.x
Subject(s) - culling , flock , profitability index , animal breeding , agricultural science , zoology , computer science , biology , business , ecology , finance , herd
This article demonstrates a method to determine the optimal culling, policy for a sheep breeding flock. A model of the flock is constructed and profitability calculated for different age distributions of ewes. The method is illustrated with data obtained from an actual farm by a farm management consultant.