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A Conjoint Analysis of the U.S. Broiler Complex Location Decision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

R. Wes Harrison  and
Pramod R. Sambidi
R. Wes Harrison
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Pramod R. Sambidi
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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Abstract

A national survey of broiler industry executives is conducted to analyze site-specific factors related to the broiler-complex location problem. Conjoint analysis is used to analyze the broiler complex location decision. Feed costs, community attitude toward the broiler industry, availability of geographically concentrated growers, unemployment rates, and wage rates were found to be the top five factors affecting broiler company location decisions. The quality of roads between feed mill and growers; electricity, heating, water, and sewage costs; and the number of potential growers in the region were also found to be important.

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broilersconjoint analysislocationpoultry industryR12018
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , December 2004 , pp. 639 - 655
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2004

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