Total Factor Productivity and Sources of Growth in the Dairy Sector

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Robbin Shoemaker and Agapi Somwaru (agapi.somwaru@gmail.com)

Agricultural Economics Research, 1986, issue 4

Abstract: One would expect to find differences in total factor productivity (TFP) associated with factor allocation, given the technological change m the dairy sector over time and the regional disparity of regulations affecting production The authors use a National Income and Product Accounting procedure to calculate total income and product, TFP, and sources of growth for seven dairy States m different regions The average TFP growth for the seven States was 2 5 percent per year Florida and California had higher TFP growth rates, but interspatial TFP estimates indicated Wisconsin and New York had greater relative TFP levels in both 1978 and 1982

Keywords: National Income and Product Accounting; intertemporal and interspatial total factor productivity; rates of return; sources of growth; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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