Adopting New Zealand Dairy Farm Principles in Argentina

New Zealand dairy farm systems are internationally known fortheir competitiveness without the presence of subsidies. ThoughArgentine dairy farmers have been attracted to NZ systems for morethan 40 years and despite the fact that the NZ knowledge appears tobe beneficial to Argentine farms, NZ practices have been rarelyadopted. This seemingly fruitless effort in extending thistechnology shapes the research question of the present study: CanArgentine dairy farmers benefit from adopting New Zealand dairyfarm principles and practices? The data used in this research wascollected from seven Argentine dairy farmers, which were selectedas case studies because of their awareness of NZ dairy systems.Through interviews, farm physical and economic records, and fieldvisits to the farms, ten NZ innovations were defined. Resultsrevealed that higher levels of adoption of NZ innovations by agroup of Argentine dairy farms were associated with higher levelsof return on investment (ROI); this was mainly due to a higherutilization of the main asset and most limiting production factorof Argentine and New Zealand dairy farms, the land.

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New Zealand dairy farm systems are internationally known for their competitiveness without the presence of subsidies. Though Argentine dairy farmers have been attracted to NZ systems for more than 40 years and despite the fact that the NZ knowledge appears to be beneficial to Argentine farms, NZ practices have been rarely adopted. This seemingly fruitless effort in extending this technology shapes the research question of the present study: Can Argentine dairy farmers benefit from adopting New Zealand dairy farm principles and practices? The data used in this research was collected from seven Argentine dairy farmers, which were selected as case studies because of their awareness of NZ dairy systems. Through interviews, farm physical and economic records, and field visits to the farms, ten NZ innovations were defined. Results revealed that higher levels of adoption of NZ innovations by a group of Argentine dairy farms were associated with higher levels of return on investment (ROI); this was mainly due to a higher utilization of the main asset and most limiting production factor of Argentine and New Zealand dairy farms, the land.