Grass-Fed Beef Enterprise Efficiency Analysis in the U.S.

Qushim, Berdikul; Bhandari, Basu; Gillespie, Jeffrey; Scaglia, Guillermo

Grass-Fed Beef Enterprise Efficiency Analysis in the U.S.

2017

Qushim, Berdikul | Bhandari, Basu | Gillespie, Jeffrey | Scaglia, Guillermo

We determine technical and scale efficiencies, scope economies, marginal productive contributions for inputs and outputs, and efficiency drivers for U.S. grass-fed beef enterprises. Average technical efficiency was 0.82. Increasing returns to scale and scope economies were found. Results suggest grass-fed beef enterprises can be scale efficient at >100 grass-fed beef animals.

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