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Measuring Variability of Performance Among Individual Swine Producers

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  • Michael A. Boland
  • George F. Patrick

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Quarterly performance data of swine producers were analyzed to determine variability of productivity and economic factors. Means of performance measures for the top, middle, and bottom producer groups were different, but the variances were not. Variability of productivity measures was greater across producers than for most individual producers over time. Producers' relative rankings on performance measures exhibited considerable stability. Of the factors considered, feed efficiency and pigs sold per sow per year had the largest effects on returns to management and labor. Variability in pork production is quite different from crop production, and this has implications for producers, those working with producers, and researchers.

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  • Michael A. Boland & George F. Patrick, 1994. "Measuring Variability of Performance Among Individual Swine Producers," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 16(1), pages 75-82.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revage:v:16:y:1994:i:1:p:75-82.
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    1. Agata Malak-Rawlikowska & Monika Gębska & Robert Hoste & Christine Leeb & Claudio Montanari & Michael Wallace & Kees de Roest, 2021. "Developing a Methodology for Aggregated Assessment of the Economic Sustainability of Pig Farms," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-25, March.
    2. Yanghoon Song & Gay Y. Miller, 2002. "Effects of Marketing Decisions on Net Present Value of Pork Production for Independent and Allied Swine Producers," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 24(1), pages 181-195.
    3. Glynn T. Tonsor & Allen M. Featherstone, 2009. "Production Efficiency of Specialized Swine Producers," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 31(3), pages 493-510, September.
    4. Tonsor, Glynn T. & Featherstone, Allen M., 2006. "Heterogeneous Production Efficiency of Specialized Swine Producers," 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida 35379, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

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