Productivity, economies, and efficiency in U.S. agriculture: A look at contracts

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1308-1314

  Paul, Catherine J Morrison ^a,b   Nehring, Richard ^c   Banker, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMY OF SCALE; FARM SIZE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944225894     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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