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A Comparative Analysis of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin Adoption across Major U.S. Dairy Regions

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  • Bradford L. Barham
  • Jeremy D. Foltz
  • Sunung Moon
  • Douglas Jackson-Smith

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Trends and determinants in the adoption of recombinant bovine somatotropin are examined using data from across the United States. The core findings are: (a) moderate adoption rates and relatively small impacts on national milk production; (b) substantial disadoption, farmers who have tried the technology but stopped using it; (c) no significant differences in characteristics between adopters and disadopters; and (d) major differences between nonadopters and farmers who have tried the technology, with the latter group having significantly higher use rates of complementary, productivity-enhancing technologies and larger herd sizes. This last result holds across states with distinctive herd size distributions.

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  • Bradford L. Barham & Jeremy D. Foltz & Sunung Moon & Douglas Jackson-Smith, 2004. "A Comparative Analysis of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin Adoption across Major U.S. Dairy Regions," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 26(1), pages 32-44.
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