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标题：Using Genetic Testing to Improve Fed Cattle Marketing Decisions
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作者：Nathanael M. Thompson ; Eric A. DeVuyst ; B. Wade Brorsen 等
期刊名称：Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
印刷版ISSN：1068-5502
出版年度：2016
卷号：41
期号：2
页码：286-306
出版社：WAEA
摘要：We estimate the value of using genetic information to make fed cattle marketing decisions.Efficiency gains result from sorting cattle into marketing groups, including more accurate optimaldays-on-feed and reduced variability of returns to cattle feeding. The value of using geneticinformation to selectively market cattle ranged from $1–$13/head depending on how a producercurrently markets cattle and the grid structure. Although these values of genetic information weregenerally higher than those reported in previous research, they were still not enough to offset thecurrent cost of genetic testing (about $40/head).
关键词：fed cattle marketing; genetics; molecular breeding value; risk aversion; value of;information