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Efficiency Measurement of Australian Dairy Farms: National and Regional Performance
Fraser, Iain; Graham, Mary - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 13 (2005)
dairy farms. Bearing in mind data limitations we find that average technical efficiency is 59 per cent, but there are … dairy deregulation in July 2000 providing an ex post explanation for the changing composition of dairy farms in Australia …
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Dairy Directions: a decade of whole farm analysis of dairy systems
Malcolm, Bill; Ho, Christie K.M.; Armstrong, Dan P.; … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 20 (2012)
are at least $200 million. Volume 20, Paper 2 (pp.39-58) Dairy Directions: A decade of whole farm analysis of dairy … systems B. Malcolm, C.K.M. Ho, D.P. Armstrong, P.T. Doyle, K.A. Tarrant, J.W. Heard, C.M. Leddin, W.J. Wales Dairy farm … systems are complex and diverse. A decade ago, a dairy research and development project, Dairy Directions, was developed. In …
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Is farm benchmarking the new acceptable face of comparative analysis?
Fleming, Euan M.; Farrell, Terence C.; Villano, Renato A.; … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)
In this paper, we assess the potential for rehabilitation of comparative analysis under its new guise of benchmarking. After a brief description of comparative analysis, we discuss the deficiencies that surrounded its fall in reputation: neglect of economic principles, limited scope for action,...
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The Cost to the Bali Beef Industry of the October 2002 Terrorist Attack
Ambarawati, I Gusti Agung Ayu; Zhao, Xueyan; Griffith, … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)
The island of Bali is one of the main cattle producing areas for Indonesia. Bali is also known for its extensive tourist sector. Frozen and chilled beef are imported to fulfil the tourist demand. This imported beef, most of it from Australia, competes with the local beef in the tourist sector....
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Economic effects of alternate growth path, time of calving and breed type combinations across Southern Autralian beef cattle environments
Davies, Brian Lloyd; Bosca, T.J. Della; Griffith, Garry R. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 17 (2009)
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AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING AND THE WA ECONOMY: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
Johnson, Peter; Islam, Nazrul - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)
This paper investigates the impact of an expansion in agricultural processing on the Western Australian economy by modifying and applying a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) economic model of Western Australia (called WAM). WAM was used to simulate the effects of a $1 million expansion in...
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Modelling the effects of a temporary loss of export markets in case of a foot and mouth disease outbreak in Australia: Preliminary results on costs to Australian beef producers and...
Cao, Liangyue; Klijn, Nico; Gleeson, Trish - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 11 (2003)
The size of the cost to the Australian beef industry of a potential loss of major beef export markets following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Australia is important in determining appropriate precautions. The size of this cost is evaluated with a dynamic bioeconomic model of...
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Beef Feedlot Supply Response in Australia
Griffith, Garry R.; Coddington, Anna; Murdoch, Scott - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)
Reliable estimates of demand and supply elasticities are required for industry-wide evaluations of new agricultural technologies, new primary product promotion campaigns or new policy initiatives impacting on agricultural industries. In developing an equilibrium displacement model of the...
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Productivity and the Dairy Industry
Watson, Alistair S. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 13 (2005)
Australian dairy industry as a whole. This finding is consistent across a range of studies and is confirmed by other information … extension programs.Production (and exports) have increased rapidly in the dairy industry but input use has increased faster. The … exacerbate the financial risks of dairy farming. Recent drought and associated water shortages in irrigated dairying areas have …
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Productivity in the Australian Dairy Industry
Kompas, Tom; Che, Tuong Nhu - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)
Although the Australian dairy industry has performed well it has also faced considerable pressure over the past twenty … productivity (TFP) and the terms of trade for the dairy industry as a whole and for each state over the years 1979 to 1999. Overall … of New South Wales. Average annual growth in dairy total factor productivity in Australia over the entire twenty …
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