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Productivity Divergence across Kansas Farms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Elizabeth A. Yeager  and
Michael R. Langemeier
Elizabeth A. Yeager
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas
Michael R. Langemeier
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas
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Abstract

This study used 30 years of continuous data for 135 farms in Kansas to explore changes in productivity using Malmquist productivity indices (MPI). The indices were used to determine whether there was productivity convergence or divergence in Kansas farms. The results showed there was significant divergence among the farms. The average annual productivity growth was 0.50 percent; the top farms based on MPI were larger in terms of value of farm production, crop farm income, and livestock farm income and received a larger percentage of their income from oilseeds, feed grains, and swine than the other farms on average.

Keywords

convergencedivergenceproductivity growth
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Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , August 2011 , pp. 282 - 292
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Copyright © 2011 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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