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Record 1 2007-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
CONT

Gain-based agreements. Under this arrangement, the owner would pay the feeder per pound or kilogram of weight gained by the animals. Gain is established by measuring the difference in weight at the beginning and ending of the feeding period. Assessing shrink is critical for this type of agreement.

OBS

This type of agreement is generally used with cattle that are being fed through to market weights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
CONT

Contrat basé sur le gain de poids - Dans ce genre de contrat, le propriétaire paie l'engraisseur en fonction du nombre de livres ou de kilos pris par l'animal. Le gain de poids est établi en mesurant la différence entre le poids de l'animal à son arrivée et son poids à la fin de la période d'engraissement. Il est très important, dans ce type d'entente, d'évaluer la freinte (perte de poids durant le transport).

OBS

Ce type d'entente est généralement utilisé pour les bovins qui restent chez l'éleveur jusqu'à ce qu'ils atteignent le poids de marché.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
OBS

The dollars one puts aside at 25 for retirement at 70 often shrink in purchasing power : if prices rise at an average rate of about 3 per cent per year, the real purchasing power of a dollar held for 45 years will halue and halve again in that period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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