A Comparative Analysis of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin Adoption across Major U.S. Dairy Regions |
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| Authors: | Bradford L Barham Jeremy D Foltz Sunung Moon Douglas Jackson-Smith |
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| Institution: | Bradford L. Barham is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.;Jeremy D. Foltz is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.;Sunung Moon is a research assistant in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.;Douglas Jackson-Smith is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. |
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| Abstract: | Trends and determinants in the adoption of recombinant bovine somatotropin are examined using data from across the United States. The core findings are: ( a ) moderate adoption rates and relatively small impacts on national milk production; ( b ) substantial disadoption, farmers who have tried the technology but stopped using it; ( c ) no significant differences in characteristics between adopters and disadopters; and ( d ) major differences between nonadopters and farmers who have tried the technology, with the latter group having significantly higher use rates of complementary, productivity-enhancing technologies and larger herd sizes. This last result holds across states with distinctive herd size distributions. |
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