[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Sustainability of the US dairy industry

MAG Von Keyserlingk, NP Martin, E Kebreab… - Journal of dairy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The US dairy industry has realized tremendous improvements in efficiencies and milk
production since the 1940s. During this time, farm and total cow numbers have decreased …

Extension and management pathways for enhanced farm sustainability: evidence from Irish dairy farms

L Balaine, D Läpple, EJ Dillon… - European review of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This article examines pathways among farmers' extension participation, the uptake of
recommended farm management practices and economic and environmental sustainability …

[HTML][HTML] Financial risk and resiliency on US dairy farms: Measures, thresholds, and management implications

CA Wolf, J Karszes - Journal of Dairy Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the revenue and cost volatility with resulting tight profit margins in dairy farming, it is
increasingly important to measure, monitor, and understand farm financial risk. Solvency …

Determinants of downside risk exposure of dairy farms

R Finger, T Dalhaus, J Allendorf… - European Review of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We investigate determinants of dairy producers' risk exposure using a unique combination of
foci on (i) downside risks,(ii) a holistic representation of revenues from milk and animal …

[HTML][HTML] Dairy farmer use of price risk management tools

CA Wolf - Journal of dairy science, 2012 - Elsevier
Volatility in milk and feed prices can adversely affect dairy farm profitability. Many risk
management tools are available for use by US dairy farmers. This research uses surveys of …

[HTML][HTML] Gross revenue risk in Swiss dairy farming

N El Benni, R Finger - Journal of dairy science, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigated how agricultural policy reforms, including market liberalization and
market deregulation, have influenced gross revenue risk of Swiss dairy producers using …

Dairy farm financial performance: Firm, year, and size effects

C A. Wolf, MW Stephenson, WA Knoblauch… - Agricultural Finance …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate dairy farm financial performance over time
utilizing farm financial ratios from three university business analysis programs. The …

Farmers' net income distribution and regional vulnerability to climate change: an empirical study of Bangladesh

MS Alamgir, J Furuya, S Kobayashi, MR Binte… - Climate, 2018 - mdpi.com
Widespread poverty is the most serious threat and social problem that Bangladesh faces.
Regional vulnerability to climate change threatens to escalate the magnitude of poverty. It is …

Adoption of milk and feed forward pricing methods by dairy farmers

CA Wolf, NJO Widmar - Journal of Agricultural and Applied …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Increasing volatility in milk and feed prices has led to higher levels of market and financial
risk for dairy farmers. We examine dairy farmer use of forward pricing methods for milk sales …

Influence of climate stress on technical efficiency and economic downside risk exposure of EU dairy farms

S Quiédeville, C Grovermann, F Leiber… - The Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
This paper assesses the influence of heat and drought stress on the economic performance
of the European dairy sector. Climatic data from the Gridded Agro-Meteorological data in …