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August 28, 2015
Financial Management
Introduction
Productivity measures the ability of producers to convert inputs into outputs. Productivity
growth occurs when more output can be produced with the same level of inputs, the same output can
be produced using less inputs, or a combination of the two. In general, productivity growth is linked to
competitiveness, economic growth and improved welfare. In particular, in a context of rapid global
population growth and economic expansion, coupled with increased environmental concerns and an
increasingly more limited ability to incorporate more acres into agricultural production; agricultural
productivity growth is one of the most important factors that will determine food availability and the
global ability to fight hunger among other issues. Productivity is closely linked to farm profitability,
which at the regional level has significant economic development implications. Productivity and
efficiency are closely related because improvements in efficiency result, necessarily, in improvements
in productivity. However, productivity may also improve “inefficiently'' due to technical progress.
The study conducted by Quintana‐Ashwell and Featherstone measures productivity growth
among KFMA members between the years 1993 and 2011 and analyzes to what extent the changes in
productivity are due to improvements in (operation) efficiency or due to technical progress.
Data and Methods
The study employs anonymous KFMA data from 1993 to 2011 on crop and livestock production
and use of l …
October 22, 2010
Agribusiness Papers
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August 28, 2015
KFMA Research
Introduction
Productivity measures the ability of producers to convert inputs into outputs. Productivity
growth occurs when more output can be produced with the same level of inputs, the same output can
be produced using less inputs, or a combination of the two. In general, productivity growth is linked to
competitiveness, economic growth and improved welfare. In particular, in a context of rapid global
population growth and economic expansion, coupled with increased environmental concerns and an
increasingly more limited ability to incorporate more acres into agricultural production; agricultural
productivity growth is one of the most important factors that will determine food availability and the
global ability to fight hunger among other issues. Productivity is closely linked to farm profitability,
which at the regional level has significant economic development implications. Productivity and
efficiency are closely related because improvements in efficiency result, necessarily, in improvements
in productivity. However, productivity may also improve “inefficiently'' due to technical progress.
The study conducted by Quintana‐Ashwell and Featherstone measures productivity growth
among KFMA members between the years 1993 and 2011 and analyzes to what extent the changes in
productivity are due to improvements in (operation) efficiency or due to technical progress.
Data and Methods
The study employs anonymous KFMA data from 1993 to 2011 on crop and livestock production
and use of l …
March 12, 2013
well-being, care, and handling of livestock being raised
for meat, milk … influential
– Those perceiving livestock industry (consumer groups … accuracy of AW info. from livestock
industries relative to consumer …
March 30, 2012
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March 2, 2012
Forward contract
sales
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Interest Vet Medicine / Drugs
Livestock Marketing / Breeding Machinery
Labor … Pasture
Interest Vet Medicine / Drugs
Livestock Marketing / Breeding Machinery
Labor …
May 15, 2019
reducing the impact of
livestock pests or disease
outbreaks
This …
June 12, 2020
Grain Marketing Presentations
Corn Use – By Category
Livestock Feed
Ethanol
DDGS Exports
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October 16, 2020
Animal Health
professor and extension livestock economist at Iowa State University … prevention? 249 42.1% 175 12.7%
Livestock deaths? 89 15.1% 301 21.8 … outbreak will occur in the
U.S. livestock population (cattle, sheep …