Poultry Supply Functions: The Relation of Technical Change to Output of Eggs, Broilers and Turkeys, May 1962

(1962) Poultry Supply Functions: The Relation of Technical Change to Output of Eggs, Broilers and Turkeys, May 1962. Iowa State University

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Abstract

This study includes a quantitative analysis of supply relations for poultry products in the United States. There are several stages in the supply of a farm commodity the supply at producers' level, at the wholesale level and the retail level. This analysis is restricted to the supply of poultry products at the farm level. It is an attempt to predict the quantity of poultry products which farmers produce in response to the prices of these. commodities, the prices of major cost items or inputs, and selected other variables. The study is made as part of a larger analysis dealing with demand for or use of resources in agriculture and the supply of products.