Does intensification improve the economic efficiency of dairy farms?

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3693-3698

  Alvarez, A ^a   Del Corral, J ^a   Solis D ^b   Perez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Efficiency; Intensification; Stochastic cost frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649169685     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1123     Document Type: Article

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