caa a22 4500 386316635 CHVBK 20180307111607.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198812 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0081305200017659 doi S0081305200017659 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0081305200017659 The Farm Level Effects of Better Access to Information: The Case of Dart [Elektronische Daten] [Darrell J. Bosch, Katherine L. Lee] In this study, two methods of entering and accessing dairy herd records are compared: the traditional mail-in Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) system and the Direct Access to Records by Telephone (DART) system, which provides more timely and convenient access to records. An evaluation of DART was carried out using mail survey responses from 117 DART users and telephone surveys of 40 randomly selected users. Results indicate that DART users are generally satisfied with the system and feel that it improves their herd management. Variations in use of the DART system by DART users are explained by herd, cost, and management variables. DART users and comparable non-DART, DHI users are compared with respect to gains in herd production efficiency. Results indicate that DART users made somewhat better gains in most efficiency measures but that the differences were generally not statistically significant. Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1988 Dairy Herd Improvement Association nationallicence dairy records nationallicence microcomputers nationallicence survey nationallicence value of information nationallicence Bosch Darrell J. Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University aut Lee Katherine L. Animal Breeding Services, Holstein Association aut Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics Cambridge University Press 20/2(1988-12), 109-118 0081-3052 20:2<109 1988 20 AAE https://doi.org/10.1017/S0081305200017659 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0081305200017659 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bosch Darrell J. Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Katherine L. Animal Breeding Services, Holstein Association aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics Cambridge University Press 20/2(1988-12), 109-118 0081-3052 20:2<109 1988 20 AAE CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge