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Optimal Production Schedules for a Representative Farm Under Alternative Seasonal Milk Pricing Patterns of the Base-Excess Plan: A Comment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Robert A. Milligan
Robert A. Milligan*
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Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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In the April, 1981, issue of this Journal, Prindle and Livezey (PL) address the very important question of how a dairy farm manager should attempt to adjust production in response to expected seasonal production patterns of the dairy cow, monthly milk prices and variable milk production costs. The authors construct a representative farm linear programming model to address this important question.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , Spring 1982 , pp. 65 - 66
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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