Comprehensive Economic Analysis of Improvest Adoption by the US Pork Industry
A panel of independent economists has assessed that producers who use Improvest can expect the optimal market weight of their animals to increase by an average of about 10 to 12 pounds per head on a liveweight basis (four to six pounds per carcass) compared with physically castrated males, according to Dr Brian Buhr (EconAnalytics LLC), Dr Glynn Tonsor (Agri-Food Analytics LLC), Dr Kelly Zering (North Carolina State University) and Dr Dennis DiPietre (KnowledgeVentures LLC) as well as Bobby Cowles, DVM, MS, MBA and Paulo J.U. de Moraes, DVM, MBA of Zoetis Inc.
30 July 2013
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