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Case study: Wooden Shoe Dairy, New Mexico, USA
Author(s) -
Siebert John W.,
Schwart Robert B.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6297(199711/12)13:6<637::aid-agr8>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - investment (military) , dairy industry , production (economics) , milk production , business , agricultural science , marketing , agricultural economics , operations management , economics , political science , environmental science , microeconomics , zoology , biology , food science , politics , law
This teaching case enables students to examine basic forces transforming the structure of the dairy industry. A New Mexico family farm faces challenges associated with its large milk production volume. In an environment of rapid but uncertain change, questions regarding future management structure and investment priorities must be answered. The dairy examined is considered representative of the modern dairies of Netherlands lineage operating throughout the southwestern United States. This case does not represent an actual farm, but is a composite of realistic design.