Date of Graduation
8-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Agricultural Economics (MS)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Advisor/Mentor
Harold L. Goodwin
Committee Member
Susan E. Watkins
Second Committee Member
Ondrej Kadlecik
Third Committee Member
Bruce L. Ahrendsen
Keywords
Social sciences, Energy costs, Poultry production, Propane usage in broilers
Abstract
This study focuses on analyzing the common practice of U.S. broiler farmers to operate on cash basis instead open credit lines for operating cost of propane gas for heating. Data for analysis were taken over from U.S. ABRF at Savoy and Slovak Farm Univerza at Trnava pri Laborci. Predicting the propane gas usage and propane gas cost was analyzed using the OLS model. It describes impact of selected factors on gas usage and cost. The overall purpose of the thesis is to find out which approach from designed scenarios is more economically efficient for farmer: (a) to pre-purchase propane gas with credit (operating loan) or (b) to continue purchasing propane gas regularly without credit (cash basis).
Citation
Petrikova, Z. (2011). Estimating Cost Efficiencies of Propane use in Broiler Production: Case Study From Savoy, Arkansas and Trnaca Pri Laborci, Slovak Republic. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/122