Dairy Resource Management: A Comparison of Conventional and Pasture-Based Systems

Facing rapid and significant change in the sector, U.S. dairy production trends from 1993-2005 were tracked and performance measures (scale and technical efficiency and returns on assets) were estimated for conventional and pasture-based dairy farms using data from USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey. Comparisons of relative economic performance of dairy farms by size and type are made.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Nehring, Richard F. ; Gillespie, Jeffrey M. ; O'Donoghue, Erik J. ; Sandretto, Carmen L.
Institutions:	Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA
Subject:	dairy operations \| pasture-based systems \| technical efficiency \| Livestock Production/Industries

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama Number 34814
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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