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Scale Economies and Efficiency in U.S. Agriculture: Are Traditional Farms History?

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  1. Christian Growitsch & Tooraj Jamasb & Michael Pollitt, 2009. "Quality of service, efficiency and scale in network industries: an analysis of European electricity distribution," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(20), pages 2555-2570.
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  25. Qushim, Berdikul & Bhandari, Basu & Gillespie, Jeffrey & Scaglia, Guillermo, 2017. "Grass-Fed Beef Enterprise Efficiency Analysis in the U.S," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama 252735, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
  26. Tongwei Qiu & Xianlei Ma & Biliang Luo, 2022. "Are private property rights better? evidence from the marketization of land rentals in rural China," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 55(2), pages 875-902, May.
  27. Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra & Antonio José Orozco-Gallo, 2015. "Eficiencia técnica de los hogares con producción agropecuaria en Colombia," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 227, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  28. Parman, Bryon & Featherstone, Allen & Coffey, Brian, 2015. "Is Efficiency Analysis All There Is With Data Envelopment Analysis," Working Papers 197532, Mississippi State University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
  29. Pokharel, Krishna P & Featherstone, Allen M, 2016. "A Nonparametric Approach to Estimate Multiproduct and Product-specific Scale and Scope Economies for Agricultural Cooperatives," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 236182, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  30. Exenberger, Emil & Bucko, Jozef, 2020. "Analysis of Online Consumer Behavior - Design of CRISP-DM Process Model," AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, vol. 12(3), September.
  31. Dolev, Yuval & Kimhi, Ayal, 2008. "Does Farm Size Really Converge? The Role of Unobserved Farm Efficiency," Discussion Papers 45778, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management.
  32. Wenhao Song & Chunhui Ye, 2022. "Impact of the Cultivated-Land-Management Scale on Fertilizer Reduction—Empirical Evidence from the Countryside of China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-15, July.
  33. Wang, Sun Ling & Newton, Doris J., 2015. "Productivity and Efficiency of U.S. Field Crop Farms: A Look at Farm Size and Operator’s Gender," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 205344, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  34. Dimeng Zhang & Jiayao Li & Yingchi Ye & Rong Zhang & Yuntao Zou, 2024. "What Type of Public Library Best Supports Agricultural Economic Development? An Empirical Study Based on Rural China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-18, September.
  35. Yuval Dolev & Ayal Kimhi, 2010. "Do family farms really converge to a uniform size? The role of unobserved farm efficiency ," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 54(1), pages 119-136, January.
  36. Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge & Mishra, Ashok K. & Nehring, Richard F. & Hendricks, Chad & Southern, Malaya & Gregory, Alexandra, 2007. "Off-Farm Income, Technology Adoption, And Farm Economic Performance," Economic Research Report 7234, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
  37. Boyer, Christopher N. & Yu, T. Edward & Rhinehart, Justin & Ahles, Amelia & Gill, Mackenzie, 2020. "Does the Tennessee Master Beef Producer Program Impact Technical Efficiency," Western Economics Forum, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 18(2), December.
  38. Rada, Nicholas & Helfand, Steven & Magalhães, Marcelo, 2019. "Agricultural productivity growth in Brazil: Large and small farms excel," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 176-185.
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  40. Syed H. Jafri & K. M. Mehedi Adnan & Stefan Baimbill Johnson & Anzalin Ali Talukder & Mark Yu & Edward Osei, 2024. "Challenges and Solutions for Small Dairy Farms in the U.S.: A Review," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-25, December.
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