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How Do Alternative Milking Systems Differ Economically?

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  • Wetzel, Howard
  • Willet, Gayle
  • Stanton, Bud

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The milking operation is the most labor intensive activity in milk production. Labor costs, expressed as a percent of total milking system costs, may run as high as 82 percent for smaller, less mechanized systems [3]. Due to the high labor requirement for milking, dairymen have typically viewed, with considerable interest, the capital-labor tradeoffs associated with different parlors and with varying levels of mechanization on particular parlors. That interest has intensified in recent years due to rising labor costs, greater difficulty in finding and retaining competent milkers, larger herds, and new mechanization alternatives.

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  • Wetzel, Howard & Willet, Gayle & Stanton, Bud, 1979. "How Do Alternative Milking Systems Differ Economically?," 1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington 277617, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea79:277617
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277617
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    1. Scott C. Matulich, 1978. "Efficiencies in Large-Scale Dairying: Incentives for Future Structural Change," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 60(4), pages 642-647.
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