@article{Ma:333749,
      recid = {333749},
      author = {Ma, Wanglin and Bicknell, Kathryn and Renwick, Alan},
      title = {Feed use intensification and technical efficiency of dairy  farms in New Zealand},
      journal = {Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics},
      address = {2018-10-01},
      number = {428-2023-648},
      month = {Jan},
      year = {2019},
      abstract = {In recent years, the traditionally pasture-based dairy  farms in New Zealand have become more intensive by using  higher proportions of supplementary feed. This trend has  been attributed to a range of factors, such as productivity  enhancement, overcoming pasture deficits and the  improvement of body condition scores. However, there is a  lack of knowledge as to how feed use intensification  affects the technical efficiency of dairy farms in New  Zealand. This paper addresses the research gap by  estimating the impact of feed use intensification on the  technical efficiency of New Zealand dairy farms, using a  fixed effects stochastic production frontier model and a  balanced panel of 257 farms from 2010 to 2013. The  empirical results show that technical efficiency on New  Zealand dairy farms is positively and significantly  influenced by feed use intensification, herd size and  milking frequency.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/333749},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.333749},
}