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Management Information Systems: Impact on Dairy Farm Profitability
Author(s) -
Lazarus William F.,
Streeter Deborah,
Jofre-Giraudo Eduardo
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1093/aepp/12.2.267
Subject(s) - profitability index , net farm income , farm income , agricultural economics , net income , business , agricultural science , economics , finance , production (economics) , microeconomics , environmental science
Seven of 196 New York dairy farms used on‐farm computers for accounting in 1984, rising to twenty‐three in 1987. A regression of net farm income per cow on computer use, years computer experience and other variables showed income increasing the first year of computer use, dropping and rising again by year four.