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Grazing Production Curves. II. Determining the Economic Optimum Stocking Rate 1
Author(s) -
Hildreth R. J.,
Riewe Marvin E.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1963.00021962005500040021x
Subject(s) - stocking , stocking rate , grazing , pasture , production (economics) , environmental science , economic analysis , mathematics , agronomy , economics , agricultural economics , zoology , biology , microeconomics
Synopsis Certain general principles involved in determining the economic optimum stocking rate on a given pasture are defined. The principles discussed take into account the effect of both economic and biological variables. A procedure for the rapid estimation of the economic optimum stocking rate for varying economic situations is presented.