The impact of extreme weather on cattle feeding profits

dc.citation.epage305
dc.citation.issn1068-5502
dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
dc.citation.spage285
dc.citation.volume40
dc.contributor.authorBelasco, E. J.
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Y.
dc.contributor.authorSchroeder, Ted C.
dc.contributor.authoreidtcs
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T01:45:02Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T01:45:02Z
dc.date.published2015
dc.descriptionCitation: Belasco, E. J., Cheng, Y., & Schroeder, T. C. (2015). The impact of extreme weather on cattle feeding profits. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 40(2), 285-305. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84936755380&partnerID=40&md5=86d90c8aefd369699842fb1c44c4f19a
dc.descriptionWhile large feedlots commonly hedge corn and fed cattle prices, weather remains the largest uncontrollable component of production risk. This research examines the economic losses to cattle feeding associated with extreme weather. Profit losses are assessed using nonlinear regressions that relate weather outcomes, based on the Comprehensive Climate Index (Mader, Johnson, and Gaughan, 2010), and their impact on production variables. Actuarially fair insurance premium rates are derived for an insurance product designed to mitigate the potential cost of extreme weather. Finally, we discuss additional issues associated with using weather-index insurance products and insuring feedlot cattle against adverse weather.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2097/32217
dc.relation.urihttp://purl.umn.edu/206597
dc.rights.urihttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1068-5502/
dc.subjectIndex Insurance
dc.subjectLivestock Production
dc.subjectWeather
dc.subjectBos
dc.subjectZea Mays
dc.titleThe impact of extreme weather on cattle feeding profits
dc.typeArticle

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