Adoption of recombinant bovine somatotropin and farm profitability: Does farm size matter?

AgBioForum

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-262

  Gillespie, Jeffrey ^a   Nehring, Richard ^b   Hallahan, Charlie ^b   Sandretto, Carmen ^b   Tauer, Loren ^c  

^a Louisiana State University Agricultural Center   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy; Probit; rBST; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 78649564646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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