Dairy farm cost efficiency

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4937-4943

  Tauer, L W ^a   Mishra, A K ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Efficiency; Stochastic cost function

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846299250     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72544-9     Document Type: Article

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