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Filtering by: Subject Food -- Safety measures Remove constraint Subject: Food -- Safety measures Decade 1980-1989 Remove constraint Decade: 1980-1989 Degree Field Agricultural and Resource Economics Remove constraint Degree Field: Agricultural and Resource Economics

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  • An analysis of risk management strategies for southern Alberta feedlots

    Creator:
    Freeze, Brian S.
    Abstract:
    Feedlot finishing of beef cattle in Southern Alberta involves income risk due to the variability of prices of feeders, feed and finished cattle. Several strategies are available to reduce this risk, including hedging of cattle on feed, participation in a Federal- Provincial government and producer established income stabilization program for...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    -Variance (EV)and safety-first risk analyses were identified as frameworks for formulation of the feedlot