We investigate empirically whether the productivity levels of Chinese large-scale dairy farms are higher than those of small- and medium-scale farms. First, we measure the multilateral total factor productivity (TFP) index of each scale, region, and year using published statistical data. Second, we compare TFP levels of large-scale farms with those of farms of other scales using regression analysis. Our results show that the TFP levels of large-scale farms are not higher than those of small- and medium-scale farms.
