Financial aspects of feedlot management in New Zealand

A.R. McIvor, K.T. Jagusch and P.J. Charlton

Lincoln College, Canterbury

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Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1974, 34: 215-232

The economic viability of a beef cattle feedlot in New Zealand is influenced by several major variables. These are discussed under the titles of Capital, Feed Costs, Growth Rates, Cattle Values and Operating Costs. The variables not only possess considerable range, and in some cases a high degree of fluidity with time, but also can be assembled in many combinations, all of which produce different economic results. It is concluded that a greater awareness of the important influence of these variables, in respect to their possible different combinations, is required if the feedlot is to produce financial benefits.

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