Altering Milk Components Produced by the Dairy Cow: Estimation by a Multiple Output Distance Function

The impact of inputs on the four decomposed milk outputs of fluid milk, butterfat, protein, and other solids were estimated using an output distance function, with New York dairy farm level data. Differential impacts of inputs on component production indicate that milk component composition can be modified given component prices.

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Year of publication:	2009-04-23
Authors:	Cho, Jaesung ; Nakane, Matsato ; Tauer, Loren W.
Institutions:	Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Subject:	milk component production \| output distance function \| Agribusiness \| Farm Management

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Department of Applied Economics and Management>Working Papers Number 51176
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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