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Forecasting Monthly Slaughter Cow Prices with a Subset Autoregressive Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Thomas H. Spreen ,
Richard E. Mayer ,
James R. Simpson  and
James T. McClave
Thomas H. Spreen
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
Richard E. Mayer
Affiliation:
Swift & Co., Marshalltown, Iowa
James R. Simpson
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
James T. McClave
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Florida
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Cow-calf operations dominate cattle production in the Southeast. The 1978 January 1 U.S. cattle inventory report shows that breeding cows make up 45 percent of the total inventory in Region 41 compared with 33.3 percent nationally [3]. Further, in 1977 cow slaughter accounted for 64.8 percent of federally inspected cattle slaughter in Region 4 compared with 23.6 percent nationally [8].

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , July 1979 , pp. 127 - 131
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1979

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