An Economic Analysis of Predation Control and Predatory Sheep Losses in Southwestern Utah
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An Economic Analysis of Predation Control and Predatory Sheep Losses in
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Economic Impact of Sheep Predation in the United States
Though accounting for less than 1 percent of U.S. livestock industry receipts, sheep and goat operations are still important to the economies of several states in the Southern Plains, Mountain States and Pacific regions. Revenues from sales of lambs and culled ewes amount to more than three-fourths of the total receipts in the sheep industry. However, nearly 4 percent of the animals in the shee...
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