Determinants of technical efficiency in louisiana beef cattle production, journal of the asfmra, american society of farm managers and rural appraisers, vol. Determinants of technical efficiency in beef cattle. In addition to determining farmers technical efficiency i n beef cattle production, the study also went further to identify the determinants of farmers technical efficiency in terms of socio. A metafrontier approach to measuring technical efficiency. Animal production is also being challenged due to green house gas emission. This study thus aimed to determine the level of technical efficiency in the production of tomato in smallholder farms, relying on primary data collected using a structured survey instrument administered to 80 tomato farmers in the buea municipality of cameroon. Pdf the paper investigated the determinants of beef cattle production and technical efficiency of beef cattle farmers using stochastic frontier. Dairy production beef production calving patterns and intervals the importance of good reproductive efficiency the measurement of reproductive efficie. Results show that the average efficiency level is 0. Full length research paper an assessment of the technical. This study analyses farmers technical efficiency te and willingness to comply with dfzs, across three main cattle production systems in kenya. Dec 31, 2017 to examine and compare the technical efficiency of dairy sector and the beef sector, this research introduced the main indicators of milk and beef production in the world, eu and hungarian aggregates. Economic analysis of beef cattle farmers technical efficiency and. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 60.
The case of smallholde farmers in meket district, amhara national regional state, ethiopia, journal of political science and international relations. This article measures production efficiency across cowcalf farms in alberta, and examines the sources of variation in efficiency. The data was collected from zone 2 and 3 of ajk ghulam sadiq et al. Non technical summary approximately 55 to 75% of the total costs associated with beef cattle production are feed costs. Data was collected through a comprehensive interview schedule by well trained enumerators. The technical efficiency of beef sector production systems, as measured by the ratio of the volume value in constant euros of farm output excluding aids to volume of intermediate consumption, has fallen by nearly 20% while income per worker has held stable thanks to subsidies and the labour productivity gains made. The key areas identified in maximising efficiency and hence profit in suckled calf production are as follows. Producers using straightbred bos taurus bulls and mixedbred brahman cows were. The study measured the level of technical efficiency and its determinants among rabbit farmers in ivo local government area of ebonyi state, nigeria using stochastic frontier production function. Assessment of technical efficiency and its determinants in beef cattle. The technical efficiency is positive ly related with the herd extension expressed as number of lsu livestock unit, the value o f beef production per lsu, the rate of.
Determinants of technical efficiency in beef cattle production in kenya, 2012 conference, august 1824, 2012, foz do iguacu, brazil 125853, international association of agricultural economists. Although several studies are available on analysis of technical efficiency in farm production in the indian context narala and zala 2010 and mondal et al. Biological efficiency increased conception, calving and weaning rates, larger herd size, higher share of family labour and greater expense for bedding material reduce. Based on the data it can be said that the milk and beef production of hungary does not occupy any significant position in the world as well as in the european union neither today nor even in the. Dickerson was a visionary and productive scientist whose many scientific contributions included a systems approach to the genetic improvement of economic efficiency of beef production.
A stochastic production frontier has been estimated to measure the technical efficiency of an unbalanced panel of beef cattle farms extracted from the farm accountancy data network fadn databank of veneto region in italy. Improving production efficiency of beef cattle university. The objectives of this research were to compare technical efficiency of beef cattle business operating in lowland and upland areas of east java and to identify and analyze factors affecting the technical efficiency as well as inefficiency of that business. Herbivores are animals that are adapted to eat plants. Further, in contrast with ranches, these two systems were found to have lower technology gap ratios. Otieno, david jakinda and hyubbard, lionel and ruto, eric 2014 assessment of technical efficiency and its determinants in beef cattle production in kenya. Pdf technical efficiency of rabbit production among. Technical efficiency of smallholder farmers in red pepper. Producers using straightbred bos taurus bulls and mixedbred brahman cows were more technically efficient than producers. Our results indicate that technical efficiency in the beef farming sector has been consistently poor, with an average efficiency score of only 0.
The reason cattle differ in feed efficiency and the impact of selecting for improved feed efficiency must be determined. Pdf determinants of technical efficiency of beef production. Beef cattle are also not as efficient as other animals in converting feed to meat. System description production of young bulls from the suckler herd which are slaughtered before they reach 16 months of age. Subsequently, a tobit model is used to assess factors that might influence. Technical efficiency and technology gaps in beef cattle. Pdf technical efficiency of maize farmers in sadiq. Pdf the lack of capital for investment and limited access for small beef cattle farming to obtain credit from financial institution have contributed. The stochastic metafrontier method is applied to estimate technical efficiency levels in beef cattle production in kenya. Journal of economic theory 19, 150162 1978 measuring the technical efficiency of production rolf faret department of economics, southern illinois university, carbondale, illinois 62901 and c. Pdf determinants of technical efficiency in louisiana beef. Pdf technical efficiency of small scale maize production.
Productivity and technical efficiency of suckler beef. A stochastic frontier analysis cecilia nwigwe, victor okoruwa 2, kemisola adenegan 3 and adeola olajide 4. Efficiency differentials and technological gaps in beef cattle. Efficiency is a term used to describe producing a product with the least amount of waste. Primary data were gathered through household surveys using a structured questionnaire and a choice experiment ce based on a doptimal design.
Maximising efficiency in suckled calf production simon. Be sure to visit their operations also for ideas on handling, management, and breeds. To become more efficient, beef cattle producers must measure both inputs and outputs of the production operations. To improve this problem, integration of modern technologies with improved level of efficiency becomes more crucial. Subsequently, a tobit model is used to assess factors that might influence efficiency. Technical efficiency was estimated for a group of beef cattle producers. The average value of the farm technical efficiency is 78. Getachew wollie, technical efficiency of barley production. Technical efficiency of beef cattle production technologies. Economic analysis of beef cattle farmers technical efficiency and willingness to.
Investments in technologies related to herd feeding in hel cluster improved the productivity by only 20% and the cost per. The mean technical efficiency scores for beef production between 2006 and 2014 for agricultural districts in class one is 18 % whereas it is % for agricultural districts in class two, implying high potential to improve beef production using the same level of agricultural inputs through efficiency enhancing investments. Technical efficiency in milk production in underdeveloped. Results show that there is significant inefficiency in nomadic and agropastoral systems. Or better yet is there a way to select for improved feed efficiency in feedlot that will improve cow efficiency. Technical efficiency refers to the capacity of producing the maximum. They have a fourcompartment stomach, and the first compartment, the rumen. Non technical summary the efficiency of converting feed consumed into growth and reproduction is the most important aspect of profitability to the beef producer. There are some studies estimating production efficiency using stochastic production frontiers spf for dairy. Edible insects future prospects for food and feed security. To examine and compare the technical efficiency of dairy sector and the beef sector, this research introduced the main indicators of milk and beef production in the world, eu and hungarian aggregates. Introduction intensive livestock systems differ from most pasturebased systems in that managers exert much greater control over the production cycle and the quality of animals entering the system.
Reproductive efficiency in cattle production reproduction. Determinants of technical efficiency of beef cattle fatteners were found to be feeder cattle herd size, labour, feedssupplement, veterinary services and capital, since all these variables were found to be positive and significantly related to technical efficiency. These young bulls are acceptable to customers in the uk market. Measurement of farm level efficiency of beef cattle. Pdf measuring the technical efficiency of production. Journal of development and agricultural economics, 6 6. They have a fourcompartment stomach, and the first compartment, the rumen, contains bacteria with the ability to break down cellulose. Presented at the 10 th joint conference on food, agriculture and the environment, duluth, minnesota, pp. Small farms have both higher land productivity and equal or better technical efficiency. Determinants of technical efficiency in louisiana beef. Technical efficiency of italian beef cattle production under.
Technical efficiency of maize farmers in various ecological zones of ajk 608 which comprise the leading regions in maize production. Economic analysis of beef cattle farmers technical. Technical efficiency was analysed through estimation of the stochastic frontier production function using the cobb douglas functional form was used to analyse the technical efficiency of milk producers in the study area. Then tobit regression model was used to analyse determinants of technical efficiency. Determinants of profit efficiency among smallholder beef producers. Technical efficiency of smallholder tomato production in. A stochastic production frontier has been estimated to measure the technical efficiency of an unbalanced panel of beef cattle farms extracted from the farm. Beef, as indicated by consumption figures, is the favored meat in many parts of the world. By my way of thinking, the most efficient foodproducing animals for human consumption are herbivores. Second, it measures technical efficiency relative to an isoquant rather than to an efficient subset, a practice that can lead to the identification of a unit as being technically efficient when it.
The results signify that farmers of the rainfed zone of punjab have a scope to increase productivity of wheat through technical efficiency improvements under the existing conditions of inputuse and technology. Analysis of production efficiency of beef cowcalf farms. Technical efficiency of italian beef cattle production under a heteroscedastic nonneutral production frontier approach. Tgrmtr in three major beef cattle production systems in nigeria, using the. The mean technical efficiency of wheat production was 47.
A nonparametric analysis of efficiency for a sample of kansas. A stochastic metafrontier analysis, a contributed oral paper presented at the 85th annual conference of the agricultural economics society aes, 1820 april, warwick university, coventry. The twelve largest cattleproducing parishes in louisiana were surveyed. Decision makers are increasingly faced with the challenge of reconciling growing demand for health care services with available funds.
The article examines the level of technical efficiency of beef production in 25 countries of europe, america, asia, australia and africa. Assessment of technical efficiency and its determinants in. The effects of direct payments on technical efficiency of. The technical efficiency is measured based on the estimation of a nonneutral and heteroscedastic production frontier. Technical efficiency of beef cattle breeding business in east. It has been shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, to evaluate beef cattle for and efficiency.
Pdf technical efficiency of beef cattle production technologies in. Some factors affecting feed efficiency in beef cattle. Benton and washington counties are the two largest counties in terms of all cattle and calves numbers, 120,000 and 86,000 head, respectively. We compared different technologies of production in the two groups of households. This study will address this issue in the paraguayan context. Technical efficiency of beef cattle production technologies in nigeria. Measuring beef cattle efficiency in australian feedlots. Competitive pressures in the cowcalf sector increased in 1995 because of a decline of 27% in calf prices. Other suggestions for developing a working knowledge of beef production are to join a local beef producers organization and visit with other local producers. A 5% decrease in feed efficiency could have an economic impact four times greater than a 5% improvement in average daily weight gain. Beef cattle production and management practices and implications for educators abstract beef producers need to continually incorporate new information and adopt new technology to effectively manage production costs.
Pdf technical efficiency of beef cattle production. Based on the data it can be said that the milk and beef production of hungary does not occupy any significant position in the world as well as in the european union neither today nor even in. Technical efficiency of milk producers in cattle corridor. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Center for international food and agricultural policy university of minnesota. Beef cow efficiency can we select for improved feed efficiency in the feedlot without having negative impacts on the cowherd. Practices to improve beef cattle efficiency fsa3060. Technology is available to improve efficiency by greater than 20%. The efficiency of beef production noble foundation. Vegetable production technical efficiency and technology. Average technical, allocative and economic efficiencies are, respectively, 83%, 78% and 67%. Productivity is the quantity of a given ou tput of a firm per unit of input. Knox lovell department of economics, university of north carolina, chapel hill, north carolina 27514 received october 5, 1977. Introduction to beef production 2 beef facts birth weight 60 to 100 pounds body temperature 101. The estimated stochastic frontier cobbdouglas production function showed that maize land size and fertilizer were the significant factors that affected maize production. Most producers are more than happy to share their knowledge.
They demonstrate high levels of feed conversion efficiency as part of a high output system. Farrell 1957 categorised efficiency into technical and allocative components, with the two combining to form economic efficiency. For example, the production of 1 kg of live animal weight of crickets requires as little as 1. Weed control is done irregularly using manual, chemical, and mechanical controls. Economic research on technical efficiency of livestock farms in argentina is very limited. Population growth of beef cattle is relatively sluggish about 4. Based on the data it can be said that the milk and beef production of hungary. Therefore, this study tries to fill the gap by investigating efficiency variations and factors affecting technical efficiency of red pepper production in north gondar zone amhara regional state, ethiopia. In crop production, efficiency is the relationship between attainable and realised yields, coupled with optimum behaviour by the farmer, subject to prevailing production technologies and input prices. Technical efficiency of beef cattle producers in louisiana. Technical, allocative, and scale efficiency measures were used to examine the competitiveness of a sample of kansas beef cow farms.
Waste on beef cattle ranches typically involves waste of time, labor, financial resources and natural resources. Davis animal and range sciences department montana state university summary dr. Oklahoma state university began a master cattleman program with this need in mind. In the production of high quality protein, feed grains will continue to be used to finish cattle for market as long as economics dictates. Technical efficiency of beef cattle producers in louisiana anna rakipova and jeffrey gillespie1 lected by county agents to represent the crosssection of beef cattle producers in louisiana. Productivity and efficiency in grasslandbased livestock. It is anticipated that the further application of these technical efficiency and productivity analysis methods to physical cattle data could lead to improvements in the valuation of different animal attributes in genetic selection software packages. Non technical summary production efficiencies must be improved for sustainability of beef production. Figures 1 through 4 show worldwide efficiency and production data for pig iron, aluminum, and nitrogen fertilizer. The efficiency analysis results indicated that farm level technical efficiency ranged between 52. Beef cattle, production technologies, efficiency, stochastic frontier analysis, nigeria.
Production systems could be developed that would make ruminant animals less competitive with humans for feed grains, but the costs of instituting such programs would be prohibitive. In this study the stochastic metafrontier method is used to investigate technical efficiency and technology gaps across three main beef cattle production systems in kenya. The stochastic metafrontier model was applied to estimate te and. Producers must therefore focus on improving technical efficiency. Introduction beef consumption in indonesia continues to increase, but the increase was not offset by the addition of adequate production. Sufficient genetic variation exists either between or within breeds for the. Basic beef production guidelines penn state extension. Technology that improves efficiency has similar magnitude of effect on waste output. Your fixed costs will generally not increase if you keep more cows. Technical efficiency of italian beef cattle production. Technical efficiency of beef production in agricultural. Determinants of technical efficiency in louisiana beef cattle. Productivity, technical efficiency and farm size in. Missouri is among the nations leaders in beef cattle production.
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