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A Frontier Analysis of U.S. Poultry Farms: Developing Performance Measures

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  • Nehring, Richard
  • Katchova, Ani L.
  • Gillespie, Jeffrey
  • Hallahan, Charlie
  • Harris, Michael
  • Erickson, Ken

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Using USDA’s ARMS data for 2006 and 2011, we determine the extent and location of U.S. high and low-technology broiler farms and estimate net returns, scale efficiency, and technical efficiency associated with technology across different operation sizes. Larger-scale high-technology farms generally economically outperformed smaller-scale low-technology farms.

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  • Nehring, Richard & Katchova, Ani L. & Gillespie, Jeffrey & Hallahan, Charlie & Harris, Michael & Erickson, Ken, 2014. "A Frontier Analysis of U.S. Poultry Farms: Developing Performance Measures," 2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas 162434, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:saea14:162434
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162434
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