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| Ramos,Marcelo C.; Barbosa,Jackson A.. |
| ABSTRACT The ascendancy of milk production in Brazil is due to mainly to the adoption of confinement systems, however, construction quality of these systems impact on milk production. This study aimed to simulate the Basic Unit Cost (BUC m-2), referring to a free-stall design with capacity for 80 animals and different construction techniques, with a database for various budget analysis and investment plans. A budgetary spreadsheet was modeled, allowing simulating the BUC m-2 for different combinations of roof pillars (metallic, wood or reinforced concrete), covering structure (metallic or wood), coverage model (with or without ridge vent), roof tiles (aluminum, cement or ceramic) and masonry (concrete block, ceramic or solid brick). The techniques used... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cost breakdown; Construction techniques; Dairy farms; Milk production; Rural buildings. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162016000600972 |
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| D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Mishra, Ashok K.. |
| The MILC program, a counter-cyclical income support program, was designed to provide price support to dairy farmers. Since the inception of the MILC program it has been argued that the program is inefficient and rewards inefficiency by keeping high cost, small dairy farms in business. Large dairy producers have expressed concerns that the MILC payments have negatively affected their farming income. Using farm-level, ARMS data from 2005, this study investigated the factors that affect farmer’s decision to participate in MILC program and if participation in MILC has an impact on milk production. The results show that participation in MILC program is positively correlated with farmer’s educational attainment, organic certification subsidy, milk price,... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Dairy farms; Agricultural policy; Milk Income Loss Contract Program; Two-step probit estimation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; H20; Q13; Q18. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103775 |
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| Neal, Mark; Fulkerson, William; Levy, Gil; Wastney, Meryl; Thorrold, Bruce S.; Palliser, Chris; Beukes, Pierre; Folkers, Chris. |
| Introducing a stocking rate restriction is one possible course of action for regulators to improve water quality where it is affected by nitrate pollution. To determine the impact of a stocking rate restriction on a range of New Zealand dairy farms, a whole-farm model was optimised with and without a maximum stocking rate of 2.5 cows per hectare. Three farm systems, which differ by their level of feed-related capital, were examined for the changes to the optimal stocking rate and optimal level of animal milk production genetics when utility was maximised. The whole-farm model was optimised through the use of an evolutionary algorithm called differential evolution. The introduction of a stocking rate restriction would have a very large impact on the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Environmental regulation; Dairy farms; Whole-farm model; Evolutionary algorithm; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Q12; Q52; C61. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25620 |
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| Graham, Mary E.; Welsh, Rick; Mueller, George. |
| Farm business need to attract, retain and motive valuable workers, and meet productivity and quality goals in order to achieve their strategic objectives. Willow Bend Farm, a dairy operation run by the Muller family in upstate New York, created and implemented a strategic compensation system to help achieve farm growth over its nearly forty-year history. This paper is a case study of Willow Bend’s total compensation system from 1957-1996, during which time the farm experienced tremendous growth. The owners of Willow Bend Farm implemented an array of compensation programs over this time period, including a unique worker cow-ownership program that, by design, increases worker’s initial investment as new calves are born. Other incentives target key behaviors... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Compensation; Human resource management; Dairy farms; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90417 |
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| Casasnovas, Valero L.; Aldanondo, Ana Maria. |
| Determining the competitive position of dairy farms depends on several technological, economic and institutional variables. Among them, are remarkable those related to animal feeding in the current context of high variability on prices. In this context, the aim of our study is to analyze the effects on milk supply and the competitiveness of dairy farms with different models of land intensification, with greater reliance on market purchases or self production of livestock feed. Our work is based on an econometric approach to a variable cost function, in a fixed effects model for unbalanced panel data of specialized dairy farms in Navarre (Spain). From this region, we use 3 geographical areas in relation to the availability of grazing land. It has been... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Multiproduct cost function; Panel data; Milk; Animal feed; Dairy farms; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114316 |
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| Mkhabela, Thulasizwe S.; Piesse, Jenifer; Thirtle, Colin G.; Vink, Nick. |
| This paper models dairy farms in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, emphasising the complexities unique to this multi-product industry. Net and gross output approaches to measuring production are discussed and then tested using panel data from 37 dairy farms in KwaZulu-Natal from 1999 and 2007. Production functions for the three outputs: milk production, animals and farm-produced feed, are fitted as a simultaneous system to model the farms’ production activities. This simultaneous model is complemented by a single equation reduced form that is fitted as a frontier, which allows estimation of the relative efficiencies of the individual farms. The results show that, with data this detailed, it is possible to refine the model until it fits very tightly. Indeed, in... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Dairy farms; Production; Frontiers; Efficiency; Production Economics. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61999 |
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| Zimmermann, Andrea; Heckelei, Thomas. |
| Previous analyses of dairy farm structural change focused on the variation over time in one or a small number of regions. Here we present an EU15-wide analysis of the change of the number of farms in different size classes. The purpose is (1) to identify the differences in regional development patterns and (2) to measure the explanatory relevance and effect of key factors suggested in the literature. Apart from the unprecedented scope, the underlying Markov chain analysis also contributes by combining observed transitions in micro data with macro data on farm numbers. Results show widely significant impacts of most explanatory variables, but also reveal the complexity of the underlying processes. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Structural change; Dairy farms; Markov chain; Cross-regional; EU; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61006 |
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| Fogarasi, Jozsef; Latruffe, Laure. |
| The paper investigates the difference in technical efficiency and potential technology gap between French and Hungarian dairy farms during 2001-2006, using Data Envelopment Analysis under each country’s respective frontier and under a common frontier (metafrontier). Results indicate that French farms have a more optimal scale of production than Hungarian farms, but Hungarian farms make better use of the technology. They also have a more productive technology than French farms. The latter finding is obtained under the assumption of a hypothetical common frontier. Although French and Hungarian farmers do not have access to the same technologies and the metafrontier is still hypothetical, our paper adds to the thin literature that compares two countries in... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Technical efficiency; Technology gap; Dairy farms; France; Hungary; Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52201 |
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