Can the small dairy farm remain competitive in US agriculture?

Food Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 458-468

  Tauer, Loren W ^a   Mishra, Ashok K ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost curve; Dairy farms; Farm efficiency; Farm size; Stochastic frontier function

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COST; DAIRY FARMING; FARM SIZE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745209249     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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