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.
Gramig, Benjamin M. (author), Barnard, Jessa M. (author), Prokopy, Linda S. (author), and Purdue Univ, Dept Agr Econ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
Purdue Univ, Dept Forestry & Nat Resources, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
USA: Inter-Research
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08225
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12324
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Page 55 in Borton, Raymond E. (ed.), Selected readings to accompany getting agriculture moving. Volume 1. Agricultural Development Council, New York, NY. 526 p.
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
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.
