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dc.publisherNorth Dakota State University
dc.rightsNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.titleCost-Size Relationships of North Dakota Ranchesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.sourceNorth Dakota Farm Research: Vol. 30, No. 04, pp. 28-31en_US
dc.descriptionThe article addresses the relationship between cost versus ranch size. Ranchers observed that the costs of resources used in their ranch businesses were increasing at a faster rate than the prices they received for their product which was beef cattle. This phenomenon, was termed the "cost-price squeeze". This reduces the margin between receipts and costs per animal sold. Several researchers have studied the ranch cost-size relationships using ranch survey data, which may be obscured by differences in management ability, range condition and related factors among ranchers surveyed. A study, using linear programming, was employed to determine was conducted to help determine the production costs for ranches of varying sizes in south-western North Dakota. the results are presented. Costs per unit of gross income decrease sharply as ranch size increases from a one-man operation to a two or three-man ranch, but cost benefit is slight when four-man.
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-23T16:41:51Z
dc.date.available2010-06-23T16:41:51Z
dc.date.issued1973
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10365/9790
dc.subject.lcshRanchingen_US
dc.subject.lcshFarm managementen_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomicsen_US
dc.creator.authorLeistritz, F. Larry
dc.creator.authorSchneeberger, Walter
dc.relation.ispartofFarm Research; 30:4; Mar/Apr 1973


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