Potential effects of climate change on the productivity of U.S. dairies

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1136-1156

  Key, Nigel ^a   Sneeringer, Stacy ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; dairy; heat stress; productivity; stochastic frontier; technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DAIRY FARMING; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905053636     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau002     Document Type: Article

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