The major objective of this paper is to examine the association between agricultural subsidies and farm efficiency using data from the European Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) for operations specializing on dairy. The analysis covers the 18 year period going from 1990 to 2007 and includes...

A meta-analysis is perfonned to review empirical estimates of technical efficiency (TE) in developing country agriculture. The objective of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of the factors that influence estimates of mean TE. A data set of 51 observations of TE from 32 studies...

Dairy farm numbers are declining in nearly every region and county of New York State but the rate of decline varies between years and counties. Converting inefficient or unprofitable farm resources to nonfarm use is part of the adjustment process. New York dairy counties are at different stages...