New article in Agricultural and Food Economics journal: Do animals increase the productivity of Swiss farms?
Research assessed a database of 2500 Swiss farms, comparing the productivity of farms with and without farmed animals, showing that…
…when it comes to farm productivity, farms without animals have a higher labour productivity, land productivity and capital productivity than farms with animals. While animals do contribute positively to productivity, it is less so than other production factors like land.
More details on the study: external page https://agrifoodecon.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40100-025-00381-7