Dairy productivity and climatic conditions: Econometric evidence from South-eastern United States

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-140

  Mukherjee, Deep ^a   Bravo Ureta, Boris E ^b   De Vries, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy farm; Heat stress; Panel data; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD SECURITY; MILK PRODUCTION; PANEL DATA; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84872716178     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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