feed ratio

feed ratio definition - finance
The relationship of the cost of feed to the sale price of animals, which is expressed as a ratio. For example, the corn/hog ratio is one popular feed ratio that is used. Feed ratios are indicators of the level of profit margin that a farmer can expect.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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