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Multidimensional goals of beef and dairy producers: an inter‐industry comparison
Author(s) -
Basarir Aydin,
Gillespie Jeffrey M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00143.x
Subject(s) - profit (economics) , dairy industry , business , agricultural science , agribusiness , agricultural economics , economics , agriculture , microeconomics , environmental science , food science , geography , archaeology , chemistry
The relative importance of seven goals were elicited for Louisiana beef and dairy producers using the fuzzy pair‐wise comparison method. Beef producers were more concerned with maintaining and conserving land, while dairy producers were more concerned with financial goals such as maximizing profit and avoiding years of loss or low profit.