Economics of Production

ORGANIC DAIRY

• Study Finds Mixed Levels of Profitability On
  Vermont Organic Dairy Farms for 2011
  By Bob Parsons, UVM Extension Ag Economist & Professor
  Added September 10, 2012. MORE >
• Study Finds Declining Profitability of Vermont
  Organic Dairy Farms from 2006 - 2010
  By Bob Parsons, UVM Extension Ag Economist & Professor &
  Lisa McCrory, Organic Livestock Consultant
  Added November 11, 2011. MORE >
• Organic Dairy Enterprise Budgets
  Added December 3, 2010. Enterprise budgets can be used as an important decision tool for farm owners and managers. Dr Robert Tigner, Extension Educator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, created a working spreadsheet for organic dairy producers and covers all its attributes in this article, which includes a link to the spreadsheet so that you can insert your own production numbers. MORE >
• Economics of Organic Dairy Transition
  Added December 3, 2010. Minnesota economists will study the economic costs associated with transitioning from traditional to organic farming through a new 4-year USDA grant. Learn more >
• Organic Dairy Study Results for the 2008 Production Year
  Added May, 2010. Over the past 5 years a joint project between NOFA and UVM Extension has examined the economics of organic dairy production in Vermont and Maine, with the study looking only at Vermont for the last 2 years. What we have found is an agricultural sector that experienced a surge in profitability and prices in 2006 only to see those profits erode by 2009.
• Counting the Costs that Count on Your Farm
  An article by keynote speaker James Landis. MORE >