@article{Rabinowitz:153361,
      recid = {153361},
      author = {Rabinowitz, Adam N. and Lopez, Rigoberto A.},
      title = {Comparison of Dairy Farming in Connecticut, Vermont, and  Maine for Purposes of Determining the Appropriate Cost of  Production Benchmark for Connecticut},
      address = {2011-09},
      number = {1583-2016-134060},
      series = {Outreach Reports},
      pages = {18},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {In the New England region, the U.S. Department of  Agriculture only reports milk cost of production (COP) for  Maine and Vermont. Basing Connecticut dairy support  payments on USDA COP data for a New England state complies  with Connecticut Public Acts 09-229 and 11-48. In the past  two years, Vermont has served as the benchmark for this  program.
The objective of this report is to compare cost of  production (COP) and dairy farming characteristics in  Vermont and Maine in order to assess the suitability of  using one or both New England states as a reference for  Connecticut milk COP. To this end, this report compares  2010 USDA milk COP for Vermont and Maine, analyzes  secondary data on dairy farming in these states and  Connecticut, and conducted phone interview with expert  dairy economists in New England and the USDA.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/153361},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.153361},
}