SCALE ECONOMIES AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COW-CALF PRODUCTION

Berdikul Qushim, Jeffrey Gillespie and Richard F. Nehring

No 143009, 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: The objective of this study is to assess the scale and technical efficiencies and other economic performance measures of southeastern U.S. cow-calf farms. We describe and compare cow-calf operations by size and farm resource region and measure their relative competitiveness. We estimate an input distance function using stochastic production frontier techniques (SPF).

Keywords: Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.143009

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