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Dairy Productivity and Technical Change: An Analysis of Confinement and Management Intensive Grazing Dairies in Maryland for 1995–2009

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  • Minegishi, Kota
  • Johnson, Dale M.

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U.S. dairy production has been consolidating into large-scale confinement operations. Large numbers of small- to medium-scale dairies have disappeared in the last two decades, and many more are disappearing. This article analyzes small- to medium-scale dairy operations in Maryland during 1995–2009 for changes in technology and efficiency through a novel two-stage DEA approach to examine productivity changes. Conventional confinement dairy operations and management-intensive grazing dairies are analyzed separately. The results show that both dairy systems have become more productive on the technological frontiers, yet the rate of technical change for graziers was less than half the rate for confinement.

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  • Minegishi, Kota & Johnson, Dale M., 2017. "Dairy Productivity and Technical Change: An Analysis of Confinement and Management Intensive Grazing Dairies in Maryland for 1995–2009," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 46(3), pages 555-578, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:agrerw:v:46:y:2017:i:03:p:555-578_00
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