caa a22 4500 388054417 CHVBK 20180307125102.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199807 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1074070800008166 doi S1074070800008166 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1074070800008166 A Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis for a Sample of Kansas Swine Operations [Elektronische Daten] [William W. Rowland, Michael R. Langemeier, Bryan W. Schurle, Allen M. Featherstone] This study evaluates the economic competitiveness of a sample of Kansas farrow-to-finish operations by estimating relative firm efficiency using nonparametric mathematical programming techniques. Measures of technical, allocative, scale, economic, and overall efficiency are then related to farm characteristics to identify sources of efficiency. Results indicate that overall efficient farms produce a high quantity of pork per litter, produce a portion of their own feed grains, generate a large portion of their income from swine and other livestock enterprises, and have a lower debt-to-asset ratio. Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1998 cost frontier nationallicence farrow-to-finish nationallicence minimum efficient scale nationallicence overall efficiency nationallicence Rowland William W. Andersen Consulting, Kansas City, Missouri aut Langemeier Michael R. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas aut Schurle Bryan W. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas aut Featherstone Allen M. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas aut Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics Cambridge University Press 30/1(1998-07), 189-199 1074-0708 30:1<189 1998 30 AAE https://doi.org/10.1017/S1074070800008166 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1074070800008166 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rowland William W. Andersen Consulting, Kansas City, Missouri aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Langemeier Michael R. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schurle Bryan W. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Featherstone Allen M. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics Cambridge University Press 30/1(1998-07), 189-199 1074-0708 30:1<189 1998 30 AAE CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge