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Nebraska's Animal Agriculture: Economic Impacts Of Cattle, Hog, Dairy, And Poultry Industry Changes., Bruce Johnson, Eric Thompson, Anil Giri, Tshepelayi Kabata
Nebraska's Animal Agriculture: Economic Impacts Of Cattle, Hog, Dairy, And Poultry Industry Changes., Bruce Johnson, Eric Thompson, Anil Giri, Tshepelayi Kabata
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Nebraska Animal Agriculture: Economic Impacts of Cattle, Hog, Dairy, and Poultry Industry Changes
Is Nebraska's agriculture system operating to its full potential? One concern is that the state exports a high proportion of its crop output as commodities. Also, while nearby states experienced significant livestock production growth Nebraska has not kept pace, particularly in hog and dairy production.
In light of these concerns, this report analyzes livestock expansion scenarios. It provides a set of economic performance measures to sub-state regions and county-level economies. These measures will allow economic considerations to be incorporated into stakeholders' decision-making processes.
The following scenarios were …