We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Dairy Sector Consolidation, Scale, Automation and Factor Biased Technical Change: Working through "Get Big or Get Out".
- Authors
Hongli Feng; Hennessy, David A.; Jia, Yanan; McKendree, Melissa G. S.; Wolf, Christopher A.
- Abstract
The article offers information on dairy sector consolidation on farm agricultural sectors. Topics discussed include survey of dairy farmers in a market environment of low milk prices and low milk profit margin; analysis of farm size which relates to dairy farmers and expansion or contraction of herd size, labor, and capital of industry; and buildings and equipment investments correlate with herd size trajectories.
- Subjects
DAIRY industry; AGRICULTURAL industries; DAIRY farmers; CAPITAL investments; MARKET pricing
- Publication
Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0886-5558
- Publication type
Article