hog-corn ratio

noun

The number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of live hogs, used by farmers to decide whether it is more lucrative to sell their corn or to feed hogs with it and sell those.

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corn-hog ratio
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Meanings

nounhog-corn ratio (plural hog-corn ratios)

plural hog-corn ratios

  1. The number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of live hogs, used by farmers to decide whether it is more lucrative to sell their corn or to feed hogs with it and sell those.

    Synonyms: corn-hog ratio

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of live hogs, used by farmers to decide whether it is more lucrative to sell their corn or to feed hogs with it and sell those.

Similar
corn-hog ratio
Also see
corn-hog ratio
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