Date of Award:
5-1967
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Applied Economics
Department name when degree awarded
Agricultural Economics
Committee Chair(s)
Rondo A. Christensen
Committee
Rondo A. Christensen
Committee
Roice H. Anderson
Committee
Lynn H. Davis
Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine which characteristics, if any, distinguish exit from active milk producers; why producers exit from the industry; what happens to those resources formerly used in the dairy industry; the predictability of a producer either increasing or decreasing in size.
This study encompassed the milk producers in the Great Basin Federal Milk Market Area which is the central and northern part of Utah.
It was not possible to determine any characteristics which would distinguish the exit from the active producers. All of the sample producers sold most of their cows. A large percentage kept their land and continued to operate it. Much of the equipment was kept by the producer.
The Markov Chain analysis indicated that dairy farm numbers will decrease: however, the size of the active farms will increase.
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Recommended Citation
Bradshaw, R. Carlyle, "Patterns of Dairy Farm Exit and Growth in the Great Basin Milk Marketing Area January 1, 1960-June 1, 1965" (1967). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2905.
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