Adoption of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin and Farm Profitability : Does Farm Size Matter?

dc.contributor.author	Gillespie, Jeffrey	eng
dc.contributor.author	Nehring, Richard F.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Hallahan, Charlie	eng
dc.contributor.author	Sandretto, Carmen	eng
dc.contributor.author	Tauer, Loren W., 1951-	eng
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	eng
dc.date.issued	2010	eng
dc.description.abstract	This article analyzes the adoption and profitability of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) in the United States. Probit model results show that location of the farm, farm size, operator age and education, and other technologies adopted influence rBST adoption. Regression model results find that adoption of rBST influences milk yield per cow but not profitability, unless profitability is analyzed by farm-size segment.	eng
dc.identifier.citation	AgBioForum, 13(3) 2010: 251-262.	eng
dc.identifier.issn	1522-936X	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/8973
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	AgBioForum	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	AgBioForum, vol. 13, no. 3 (2010)	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subject	technology adoption	eng
dc.subject	milk production	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Recombinant bovine somatotropin -- Economic aspects	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Milk yield -- Economic aspects	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Farm income	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Dairy farms -- Economic aspects	eng
dc.title	Adoption of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin and Farm Profitability : Does Farm Size Matter?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng