over time. We extend previous studies by disaggregating wholesale beef production into three quality categories: (1) USDA … Choice grade or higher, (2) USDA Select or lower, and (3) cow and bull beef. Innovative features of our empirical model …

Over the last several decades, the U.S. agricultural sector has sustained impressive productivity growth. The Nation …

Innovation and changes in technology have been a driving force for gains in productivity growth in U.S. agriculture … productivity (TFP) for 1948 through 2004. American agriculture relies almost entirely on productivity growth to raise output. By …. USDA's Economic Research Service has developed annual indexes of agricultural inputs, outputs, and total factor …