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A LINEAR PROGRAMMING STUDY OF FAMILY‐RUN DAIRY FARMS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Author(s) -
Kirke A. W.,
Moss J. E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1987.tb01045.x
Subject(s) - herd , feeder cattle , dairy industry , agricultural science , linear programming , agricultural economics , economics , business , mathematics , zoology , environmental science , biology , food science , algorithm
The paper presents the results of a study in which multiperiod linear programming models were used to examine the probable responses of small and medium sized dairy farms in Northern Ireland to various policy, farm indebtedness and development options and to project consequent structural change in the dairy sector. The introduction of quotas has curtailed the considerable potential for expansion of output on these farms while having a less detrimental effect on farm profits and the survival of the smaller dairy herd than the price cut necessary to produce the same reduction in output.