Efficiency of U.S. Grass-Fed Beef Farms

Basu Deb Bhandari, Jeffrey Gillespie and Guillermo Scaglia

No 196813, 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Grass-fed beef cost and returns survey data from 2012 were analyzed to measure technical efficiency of GFB farms in the U.S. We found all inputs with expected signs. The average technical efficiency of GFB was 70% and the farms are operating with increasing returns to scale.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 2015-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196813

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