Changes in state milk production per cow are analyzed as a time series to determine the form and size of increase. Future milk yields are projected using parameter estimates. States are also grouped according to the correlation matrix of residuals to determine which states react similarly to...

The regional impacts of technical change on the U.S. dairy are assessed in terms of production and income distribution through a dynamic equilibrium model. Productivity increases are projected to raise the national market share of the Northeast, Lake States and Pacific regions at the expense of...

In 1989, The Cornell Program on Dairy Markets and Policy collaborated with the Texas A&M Agricultural and Food Policy Center to form a National Institute for Livestock and Dairy Policy (NILDP). The Institute is a focal point for a neutral and objective analyses of the consequences of alternative...