DAIRY FARM SIZE, ENTRY, AND EXIT IN A DECLINING PRODUCTION REGION

Noro C. Rahelizatovo and Jeffrey Gillespie

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1999, vol. 31, issue 2, 15

Abstract: As with most agricultural industries, the U.S. dairy industry has evolved into a structure including fewer yet larger firms. In Louisiana, total milk production has declined along with dairy farm numbers since 1972. This study addresses the impact of alternative policies, macroeconomic factors, and technology on the structure of the Louisiana dairy industry using a micro-data non-stationary Markov chain analysis. Results indicate that a number of factors have affected the structure of the industry in Louisiana, including but not limited to prices, milk supply reduction programs, technology and interest rates.

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Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15372

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