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    1. Entrepreneurial behaviour of farmers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Edwards, David M. (author)
    Format:
    Article
    Publication Date:
    1966
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12348
    Notes:
    Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Pages 581-593 in Borton, Raymond E. (ed.), Selected readings to accompany getting agriculture moving. Volume 2. Agricultural Development Council, New York, NY. 526 p.

    2. The simple analytics of technology adoption : bovine growth hormone and the dairy industry

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kuchler, Fred (author), Larson, Bruce A. (author), and Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1990
    Published:
    USA: Columbus, OH : Ohio State University
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05205
    Journal Title:
    North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    12 (1) : 109-123.
    Notes:
    Economic simulation studies of the effects of bovine growth hormone (bGH) on the dairy industry usually assume that producers will have the incentive to adopt bGH and that aggregate milk supply will increase. Based on the description of per-cow milk yield response to bovine growth hormone (bGH), a short-run model of milk production is developed to analyze the farm-level incentives to adopt bGH. This analysis emphasizes that the incentives to adopt a new technology greatly depend on how it alters the existing production environment. Because higher levels of energy are needed in the cow to attain greater levels of production made possible with bGH, those farmers who can most easily and inexpensively expand energy levels in the cow will be most likely to adopt. The model identifies: (1) why farmers may not have the incentive to adopt the new technology; and (2) if farmers adopt bGH, they may not have the economic incentive to produce at the levels obtained in test studies.