Skip to main content

Table 5 Logit results for dairy farmer adoption of management practices, 2010 (Standard errors in parenthesis)

From: The adoption of technologies, management practices, and production systems in U.S. milk production

Variable

Units

Regular Veterinary Services

Nutritionist to Design Feed Mixes/Purchase

Keep Individual Cow Production Records

Forward Purchasing of Inputs

Negotiate Price Discounts for Inputs

  

β

Marg Effect

β

Marg Effect

β

Marg Effect

β

Marg Effect

β

Marg Effect

Constant

 

0.9779* (0.5619)

 

2.2682*** (0.5681)

 

−0.0730 (0.5371)

 

−0.9932 (0.6556)

 

−0.2132 (0.5356)

 

Farm Structure

           

Cows

No./100

0.3171** (0.1491)

0.0638** (0.0270)

0.1747* (0.0907)

0.0319** (0.0160)

0.1170 (0.0874)

0.0263 (0.0190)

0.0969** (0.0392)

0.0152** (0.0060)

0.2356*** (0.0616)

0.0555*** (0.0150)

Acres

No./100

0.0807*** (0.0290)

0.0162*** (0.0060)

0.0245 (0.0230)

0.0045 (0.0040)

0.0492** (0.0241)

0.0111** (0.0060)

0.0670*** (0.0218)

0.0110*** (0.0030)

0.0769*** (0.0235)

0.0181*** (0.0050)

Owned

Portion

0.1526 (0.0932)

0.0307 (0.0187)

0.0129 (0.1027)

0.0024 (0.0188)

0.1515* (0.0906)

0.0341* (0.0204)

0.1977* (0.1057)

0.0310* (0.0167)

0.1737* (0.0896)

0.0409* (0.0212)

Specialized

Portion

0.3708 (0.4797)

0.0745 (0.0971)

0.2184 (0.5011)

0.0399 (0.0915)

1.0345** (0.4783)

0.2329** (0.1084)

0.1089 (0.5634)

0.0171 (0.0883)

0.1536 (0.4778)

0.0362 (0.1125)

Organic

0-1

−0.7560*** (0.1825)

−0.1696*** (0.0437)

−0.8361*** (0.1802)

−0.1771*** (0.0403)

0.3477* (0.1894)

0.0744* (0.0390)

−0.6341*** (0.2225)

−0.0841*** (0.0265)

−0.6024*** (0.1830)

−0.1312*** (0.0376)

Pasture-based

0-1

−1.4377*** (0.2251)

−0.3250*** (0.0546)

−1.2251*** (0.2219)

−0.2590*** (0.0518)

−1.0914*** (0.2155)

−0.2599*** (0.0521)

−1.2014*** (0.2702)

−0.1504*** (0.0262)

−0.2873 (0.2310)

−0.0661 (0.0516)

Farmer Demographics

           

Age

Yrs./10

−0.1978*** (0.0767)

−0.0398*** (0.0154)

−0.2680*** (0.0732)

−0.0489*** (0.0132)

−0.0994 (0.0690)

−0.0224 (0.0155)

−0.1863** (0.0793)

−0.0292** (0.0126)

−0.2208*** (0.0697)

−0.0520*** (0.0165)

College

0-1

0.1120 (0.2441)

0.0021 (0.0474)

0.1344 (0.2611)

0.0239 (0.0452)

0.6260** (0.3020)

0.1285** (0.0553)

0.9036*** (0.2394)

0.1709*** (0.0518)

0.5234** (0.2171)

0.1275** (0.0573)

Regions

           

West

0-1

0.1626 (0.3951)

0.0315 (0.0746)

−0.1990 (0.3567)

−0.0381 (0.0707)

−0.4782 (0.3339)

−0.1139 (0.0824)

0.4811 (0.3260)

0.0861 (0.0781)

−0.0821 (0.3375)

−0.0192 (0.0781)

Pacific

0-1

0.1620 (0.3884)

0.0315 (0.0738)

−0.5675* (0.3451)

−0.1163 (0.0760)

0.3482 (0.3762)

0.0742 (0.0763)

0.2478 (0.3260)

0.0415 (0.0576)

−0.0817 (0.3208)

−0.0191 (0.0743)

Southeast

0-1

−1.3025*** (0.3561)

−0.3077*** (0.0841)

−0.5115 (0.3379)

−0.1048 (0.0746)

0.2343 (0.3454)

0.0507 (0.0721)

−0.9940** (0.3960)

−0.1135*** (0.0327)

−0.3641 (0.3387)

−0.0815 (0.0718)

Corn Belt

0-1

−0.1350 (0.2153)

−0.0277 (0.0447)

−0.2997 (0.2263)

−0.0574 (0.0447)

−0.1171 (0.2005)

−0.0267 (0.0460)

0.0895 (0.2222)

0.0143 (0.0359)

−0.2650 (0.2030)

−0.0610 (0.0459)

North Plains

0-1

−1.0329** (0.4103)

−0.2411** (0.1026)

−0.3279 (0.3884)

−0.0647 (0.0815)

0.0725 (0.3611)

0.0161 (0.0795)

0.7164* (0.3945)

0.1358 (0.0860)

−0.4551 (0.3930)

−0.1003 (0.0801)

Appalachia

0-1

−0.0493 (0.2451)

−0.0100 (0.0501)

−0.6199** (0.2457)

−0.1285** (0.0546)

−0.0926 (0.2250)

−0.0211 (0.0518)

0.1971 (0.2412)

0.0326 (0.0415)

0.1571 (0.2177)

0.0376 (0.0526)

Northeast

0-1

0.2990 (0.2595)

0.0583 (0.0488)

0.3519 (0.2634)

0.0616 (0.0441)

−0.0007 (0.2407)

−0.0002 (0.0542)

−0.1123 (0.2859)

−0.0173 (0.0433)

−0.1129 (0.2379)

−0.0264 (0.0553)

South Plains

0-1

−1.8523*** (0.4339)

−0.4322*** (0.0898)

−1.1208*** (0.3858)

−0.2503*** (0.0939)

−0.8597** (0.3474)

−0.2087** (0.0848)

−0.2819 (0.4069)

−0.0406 (0.0539)

−0.4848 (0.3829)

−0.1064 (0.0775)

Diagnostics

           

Pseudo R2

 

0.1510

 

0.1141

 

0.0750

 

0.1214

 

0.1038

 
  1. Note: *, **, and *** indicate significance at the P ≤0.10, P ≤0.05, and P ≤0.01 levels, respectively.