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Provedor de dados: 	Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Profits, Costs, and the Changing Structure of Dairy Farming	
Autores: 	MacDonald,   James M.; O'Donoghue,   Erik J.; McBride,   William D.; Nehring,   Richard F.; Sandretto,   Carmen L.; Mosheim,   Roberto.	
Data: 	2008-04-24	
Ano: 	2007	
Palavras-chave: 	Dairy farming; Economies of scale; Economies of size; Dairy farm structure; Milk costs; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.	
Resumo: 	U.S. dairy production is consolidating into fewer but larger farms. This report uses data from several USDA surveys to detail that consolidation and to analyze the financial drivers of consolidation. Specifically, larger farms realize lower production costs. Although small dairy farms realize higher revenue per hundredweight of milk sold, the cost advantages of larger size allow large farms to be profitable, on average, even while most small farms are unable to earn enough to replace their capital. Further survey evidence, as well as the financial data, suggest that consolidation is likely to continue.	
Tipo: 	Report	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	29404

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Relação: 	United States Department of Agriculture&gt;Economic Research Service&gt;Economic Research Report

Economic Research Report

Number 47	
Formato: 	34