A survey was used to gain a broader understanding of the decision-making environment in which farmers operate and the acceptability of information available for decision-making. Farmers rated a series of nine decision variables according to their importance, degree of uncertainty, and the...

Existence of an experience curve effect for Tennessee dairy farmers was examined using cross-sectional data. The strongest experience effect was found when data was indexed by the farmers' level of production in the inaugural year of farming. There also appeared to be a strong relationship...