Feed use intensification and technical efficiency of dairy farms in New Zealand

Wanglin Ma, Kathryn Bicknell and Alan Renwick

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2018, vol. 63, issue 01

Abstract: In recent years, the traditionally pasture-based dairy farms in New Zealand have become more intensive by using higher proportions of supplementary feed. This trend has been attributed to a range of factors, such as productivity enhancement, overcoming pasture deficits and the improvement of body condition scores. However, there is a lack of knowledge as to how feed use intensification affects the technical efficiency of dairy farms in New Zealand. This paper addresses the research gap by estimating the impact of feed use intensification on the technical efficiency of New Zealand dairy farms, using a fixed effects stochastic production frontier model and a balanced panel of 257 farms from 2010 to 2013. The empirical results show that technical efficiency on New Zealand dairy farms is positively and significantly influenced by feed use intensification, herd size and milking frequency.

Keywords: Productivity; Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.333749

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