%0 Journal Article
%T New York Dairy FarmsĄŻ Adoption of Management Tactics During the 2009 Economic Slowdown
%A Pei Xu
%A Todd Lone
%J International Journal of Business and Management
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/ijbm.v7n6p99
%X New York dairy farmersĄŻ adoption of management tactics to reduce the impacts from the economic downturn was studied using survey data collected from 101 dairy operations in 2009. A Canonical Discriminate Analysis was used and results indicate that managers who practice more management tactics tend to operate a larger herd, hold a leadership position in dairy organizations, and feel pressure from the adverse economy. Prevailing tactics dairy farms have practiced to lower production costs include: reduce feed spoilage (90%), control utility costs (89%), reducefeed protein and additives (72% and 71% respectively), and cull cows (67%). Farm managers who have small acreages and feel financial pressure have actively sought help from various agricultural assistance programs, whereas larger operations have not.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijbm/article/view/13597