Abstract

Beef cow producers must manage costs of production and improve production efficiency to compete with hog and poultry and other beef cattle producers. A sample of 46 beef cow enterprises from the Kansas Farm Management database was used to measure technical, economic, and overall efficiencies. On average the farms were 92% technically efficient, 80% economically efficient and 73% overall efficient. Our results suggest that 5% increases in economic and scale efficiencies would increase profit per cow by $20 and $24, respectively.

Keywords: Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 97-309-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 804, Cattlemen's Day, 1998, Beef, Cows, Efficiency, Profitability

How to Cite:

Eidson, S., Langemeier, M. R. & Jones, R., (1998) “Differences in efficiency among Kansas beef cow producers”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 115-117. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1923