English Explanatory Dictionary

hog-corn ratio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

hog-corn ratio hog-corn ratios

Synonyms

corn-hog ratio
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