Consumer-driven profit maximization in broiler production and processing

Increased emphasis on consumer markets in broiler profit-maximizing modeling generates results that differ from those by traditional profit-maximization models. This approach reveals that the adoption of step pricing and consideration of marketing options (examples of responsiveness to consumers) affect the optimal feed formulation levels and types of broiler production to generate maximum profitability. The adoption of step pricing attests that higher profits can be obtained for targeted weights only if premium prices for broiler products are contracted.

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Main Authors: Costa,Ecio de Farias, Houston,Jack E.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural 2004
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-20032004000100003
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