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ESTIMATING TECHNICAL, REVENUE, ALLOCATIVE, AND PROFIT EFFICIENCIES OF GENETIC TRAITS FOR DAIRY BULLS

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https://doi.org/10.7298/X4Z60M9H
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/59586
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Author
Stephan, Christine
Abstract

We estimate technical, revenue, allocative and profit efficiency for the NAABIS list of active AI Dairy Bulls using a FDH output orientation under constant returns. The genetic traits used as outputs include, pounds of protein, pounds of fat, somatic cell count, calving ability, daughter pregnancy rate, udder composition, and livability. Empirical results show that most of the bulls were highly technically efficient. That is not the case for allocative efficiency and profit efficiency, especially when genetic characteristics beyond protein and fat are included in the analysis. Given the potential revenue generated by a bull’s trait, some bull’s semen is overpriced. We determine whether this is due to technically inefficiency or allocative inefficiency by decomposing the profit inefficient estimates. We find the reduction in a bull’s semen price that would be necessary to make a bull profit efficient

Date Issued
2018-08-30
Keywords
Agriculture economics
Committee Chair
Tauer, Loren William
Committee Member
Huson, Heather Jay
Degree Discipline
Applied Economics and Management
Degree Name
M.S., Applied Economics and Management
Degree Level
Master of Science
Type
dissertation or thesis

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