Data Envelopment Analysis and Its Application in the Benefit Analysis of Milk Cow-Production

This paper applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to analyse the benefit of milk cow-production. Based on DEA models, not only can the whole benefit of milk cow-farm be evaluated, but also the production function for cow-production be determined or estimated. Also a lot of important economic and managerial information can be obtained, which are much meaningful for milk cow-production management.