- hog corn
- noun
: poor quality Indian corn
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hog corn
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hog-corn ratio — The ratio of the price received for a hog to the price of its primary input, corn. Developed by Dr. Earl O. Heady, the hog corn ratio is used to determine whether it is more profitable to sell the corn or feed it to the hog … American business jargon
hog/corn ratio — The relationship of feeding costs to the dollar value of hogs. It is measured by dividing the price of hogs ($/hundredweight) by the price of corn ($/bushel). When corn prices are high relative to pork prices, fewer units of corn equal the dollar … Financial and business terms
hog-corn ratio — noun : corn hog ratio … Useful english dictionary
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corn-hog ratio — noun : a measure of the relative profitability of producing market pork at different times expressed as the number of bushels of maize equal in market value to 100 pounds of live hogs a profitable corn hog ratio is 11: 1 or higher * * * corn hog… … Useful english dictionary
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hog and hominy — noun : pork and Indian corn; broadly : meager or very plain and simple food … Useful english dictionary
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feed ratio — A ratio used to express the relationship of feeding costs to the dollar value of livestock. Hog/Corn Ratio The relationship of feeding costs to the dollar value of hogs. It is measured by dividing the price of hogs ($/hundredweight) by the price… … Financial and business terms
Milk-feed price ratio — The milk feed price ratio is a measure of the value of 16% protein ration (feed) to one pound of whole milk. As with the hog corn ratio, this relationship is an indicator of the profitability of milk production. Categories: Dairy farming in the… … Wikipedia
