Pasture-Based versus Conventional Milk Production: Where Is the Profit?
| dc.creator | Gillespie, Jeffrey | |
| dc.creator | Nehring, Richard | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T20:03:56Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T08:38:46Z | |
| dc.description | Costs and returns of pasture-based dairy production are compared with those of conventional production using matching samples. Both whole-farm and dairy enterprise-level estimates are made using the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Resource Management Survey data. Conventional farms are matched to pasture-based farms on the basis of operation scale, scope, region, and farmer demographics and adoption of technology. Results show for pasture-based production lower net farm income on per-cow, per-hundredweight milk produced, and total bases. On an enterprise basis, results show for pasture-based production, higher net return over operating cost and lower net return over total cost per hundredweight milk produced. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.189084 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/189084/files/jaae705.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/189084 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/601144 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/189084 | |
| dc.title | Pasture-Based versus Conventional Milk Production: Where Is the Profit? | |
| dc.type | Text |