Factors Influencing the Adoption of Breeding Technologies in U.S. Hog Production

Jeffrey Gillespie, Christopher G. Davis and Noro C. Rahelizatovo

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2004, vol. 36, issue 01, 13

Abstract: An important aspect of structural change in the U.S. hog industry has been the adoption of breeding technology. The adoption of each of four breeding technologies, weekly farrowing, intensive breeding, terminal crossbreeding, and artificial insemination, in U.S. hog production is analyzed using multivariate probit analysis. Results suggest that diversification, whether the producer raised breeding stock, debt and asset levels, and producer’s education influence adoption rate. Larger, more risk-averse producers were more likely to adopt technology. Producers who rated the quality of labor available as higher were more likely to adopt management-intensive technologies.

Date: 2004
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