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Scale efficiency in Australian dairy farms

conference contribution
posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00 authored by Mary Graham, I Fraser
Data Envelope Analysis, (DEA), a linear programming technique, provides a more consistent measure of efficiency than the commonly cited partial measures of farm efficiency. It yields a relative measure of efficiency and identifies inputs or outputs that are under utilized.

In this paper, DEA is used to assess the technical efficiency of a sample of dairy farms across all dairy regions in Australia. Regions vary in size and scale of operation and are examined to see the relationship between farm size and technical efficiency, and to see if there is justification in the move towards bigger dairy production units than currently exist, given their factor mix.

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Event

Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Conference (47th : 2003 : Perth, Western Australia)

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1 - 17

Publisher

AARES

Location

Perth, Western Australia

Place of publication

Perth, W. A.

Start date

2003-02-12

End date

2003-02-14

Language

eng

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Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner.

Publication classification

E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed

Copyright notice

2003, AARES

Title of proceedings

AARES 2003 : Contributed papers

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