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The Economics of Rotational Grazing in the Gulf Coast Region: Costs, Returns, and Labor Considerations

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  • Gillespie, Jeffrey M.
  • Wyatt, Wayne
  • Venuto, Brad
  • Blouin, David
  • Boucher, Robert W.

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Labor and profitability associated with continuous grazing at three stocking rates and rotational grazing at a high stocking rate are compared. Profits are lowest for low stocking rate continuous grazing and high stocking rate rotational grazing. Labor is greatest on per-acre and per-cow bases with rotational grazing.

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  • Gillespie, Jeffrey M. & Wyatt, Wayne & Venuto, Brad & Blouin, David & Boucher, Robert W., 2007. "The Economics of Rotational Grazing in the Gulf Coast Region: Costs, Returns, and Labor Considerations," 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama 34943, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:saeasm:34943
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.34943
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