A LINEAR PROGRAMMING STUDY OF FAMILY‐RUN DAIRY FARMS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
使用多期线性规划模型，研究北爱尔兰中小型家庭奶牛场对不同政策、债务和发展选项的响应，并预测奶牛业的结构变化。
The paper presents the results of a study in which multiperiod linear programming models were used to examine the probable responses of small and medium sized dairy farms in Northern Ireland to various policy, farm indebtedness and development options and to project consequent structural change in the dairy sector. The introduction of quotas has curtailed the considerable potential for expansion of output on these farms while having a less detrimental effect on farm profits and the survival of the smaller dairy herd than the price cut necessary to produce the same reduction in output.