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Author Wang, Sun Ling, author.

Title Agricultural productivity growth in the United States : measurement, trends, and drivers / Sun Ling Wang ; Paul Heisey ; David Schimmelpfennig ; and Eldon Ball.

Publication Info. [Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2015]

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  A 93.73:189    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource ([6], 72 pages) : color illustrations.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Economic research report ; number 189
Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; no. 189.
Note "July 2015."
Title from title screen (viewed on July 30, 2015).
Accompanied by summary report.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-67).
Contents Trends and Compositional Shifts in U.S. Agricultural Outputs and Inputs -- Yield, Land Productivity, Labor Productivity, and Total Factor Productivity -- Is U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth Slowing? -- Drivers of U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth -- Projections of 2050 U.S. Agricultural Productivity: Alternative Scenarios of Public Research Funding.
Summary U.S. agricultural output more than doubled between 1948 and 2011, with growth averaging 1.49 percent per year. With little growth in total measured use of agricultural inputs, the extraordinary performance of the U.S. farm sector was driven mainly by increases in total factor productivity (TFP--measured as output per unit of aggregate input). Over the last six decades, the mix of agricultural inputs used shifted significantly, with increased use of intermediate goods (e.g., fertilizer and pesticides) and less use of labor and land. The output mix changed as well, with crop production growing faster than livestock production. Based on econometric analysis of updated (1948-2011) TFP data, this study finds no statistical evidence that longrun U.S. agricultural productivity has slowed over time. Model-based projections show that in the future, slow growth in research and development investments may have only minor effects on TFP growth over the next 10 years but will slow TFP growth much more over the long term.
Subject Agricultural productivity -- United States -- Measurement.
Agricultural productivity -- United States -- Forecasting -- Mathematical models.
Industrial productivity -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Economic development -- United States -- Mathematical models.
Agricultural productivity. (OCoLC)fst00801250
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Heisey, Paul W., author.
Schimmelpfennig, David, author.
Ball, V. Eldon, author.
United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, issuing body.
Other Form: Print version: Wang, Sun Ling. Agricultural productivity growth in the United States (OCoLC)919623452
Gpo Item No. 0042-V (online)
Sudoc No. A 93.73:189

 
    
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