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hog-corn ratio

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.

Noun

hog-corn ratio (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 of hog-corn ratio

Forms of hog-corn ratio

pluralhog-corn ratios

Questions about hog-corn ratio

What does hog-corn ratio mean?
Hog-corn ratio means 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.
What part of speech is hog-corn ratio?
Hog-corn ratio is a noun.
What is the plural of hog-corn ratio?
The plural of hog-corn ratio is hog-corn ratios.

Words near hog-corn ratio in the dictionary

  1. hog-bed
  2. hog-beds
  3. hog-beetle
  4. hog-cistern
  5. hog-cisterns
  6. hog-corn ratio
  7. hog-corn ratios
  8. hog-dogging
  9. hog-face
  10. hog-faced ape
  11. hog-faced apes

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