Date of Award:
5-1981
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Applied Economics
Department name when degree awarded
Agricultural Economics
Committee Chair(s)
Rondo A. Christensen
Committee
Rondo A. Christensen
Committee
Jay Anderson
Committee
Rangesan Narayanna
Abstract
Due to the growth of milk marketing areas in the Intermountain West, a study was made to determine the most advantageous allocation of producer milk to twelve selected processing demand areas and to calculate location differentials between these same markets. A theoretical determination of location differentials and of the allocation of milk supply areas to processing centers were made using supply-push and demand-pull price alignment models developed by Associated Milk Producers, Inc., for the months of November 1979 and June 1980. Grade A producer mil k from the six member cooperatives of Western Dairymen' s Cooperative, Inc., was used in the study.
From the computed location differentials, a framework was developed from which milk cooperatives in the Intermountain West could use to base future policy decisions.
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Recommended Citation
Beutler, Martin K., "Location Value of Milk" (1981). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4174.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4174
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