AAEA ANNUAL MEETING, AUGUST 2-5, 1998, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Economic effects of information technology on dairy farms in
The Netherlands and Israel
Marcel A.P.M. van Asseldonk, Ruud B.M. Huirne, Aalt A. Dijkhuizen,
Michael A. Tomaszewski, and Ehud M. Gelb
Marcel van Asseldonk is a PhD-student at the Department of Economics and Management and
the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Systems Technology of Wageningen
Agricultural University in The Netherlands. Ruud Huirne and Aalt Dijkhuizen are respectively
associate professor and professor, at the Department of Economics and Management of
Wageningen Agricultural University. Michael Tomaszewski is professor at the Department of
Animal Science of Texas A&M University. Ehud Gelb is professor at the Department of Farm
Management, Extension Service in Israel.
Contact author
Marcel van Asseldonk, Department of Economics and Management, Wageningen Agricultural
University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)317 483836 / 484065, Telefax: +31 (0)317 482745
E-mail: MARCEL.VANASSELDONK@ALG.ABE.WAU.NL
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Economic effects of information technology on dairy farms
in The Netherlands and Israel
Marcel A.P.M. van Asseldonk, Ruud B.M. Huirne, Aalt A. Dijkhuizen,
Michael A. Tomaszewski, and Ehud M. Gelb
Abstract
Effects of a number of information technology applications were quantified empirically which
were implemented on Dutch and Israeli dairy farms. Data comprised annual farm performances
from 1987 to 1996, and included both adopters and nonadopters as well as farm results before
and after adoption. Significant effects were estimated, making a differentiation between the
different technologies.
Key words: information technology, panel ana