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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Profits, Costs, and the Changing Structure of Dairy Farming
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| Autores: |
MacDonald, James M.
O'Donoghue, Erik J.
McBride, William D.
Nehring, Richard F.
Sandretto, Carmen L.
Mosheim, Roberto
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| Data: |
2008-04-24
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| Ano: |
2007
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| Palavras-chave: |
Dairy farming
Economies of scale
Economies of size
Dairy farm structure
Milk costs
Farm Management
Industrial Organization
Livestock Production/Industries
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
29404
http://purl.umn.edu/6704
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| Relação: |
United States Department of Agriculture>Economic Research Service>Economic Research Report
Economic Research Report
Number 47
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| Formato: |
34
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