In recent years, structural changes in the hog sector, including increasing farm size and regional shifts in production, have altered manure... ...  more>>

This study uses matching to evaluate the effect of decoupled payments on the acreage response of Iowa farmers who were in business in 1997 and 2002.... ...  more>>

The exercise of monopsony power by broiler processing firms is plausible because production occurs within localized complexes, which limits the... ...  more>>

Dairy managers today are faced with the decision to either raise their own replacements on the dairy farm or send heifers to a custom heifer grower.... ...  more>>

We apply a new Bayesian approach to multiple-contract futures data to allow the inventory and time-to-delivery effects on volatility to vary across... ...  more>>

In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of rural households in China. We find that increased... ...  more>>

Growing farm size has generally been explained by technological advances that have allowed farmers to substitute capital for labor. Another possible... ...  more>>

Biofuel expansion is seen as a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, as an alternative energy source for transportation and other uses, as a way... ...  more>>

A model of land allocation at the aggregate watershed level was developed assuming profit/net benefit maximization under risk neutrality. The... ...  more>>

This paper studies the potential effects of political pressure on environmental law enforcement in the Unites States. Prior work, most notably the... ...  more>>

Previous work on the relationship between food insecurity and childhood overweight has lead to a wide array of answers – some have found a positive... ...  more>>

Bundled ecosystem markets may be the next big buzz in environmental policy and ecosystem conservation and restoration. But what does it mean? And... ...  more>>

Agricultural practices continue to degrade water quality and ecosystems worldwide. In the United States, programs like the Department of... ...  more>>

This paper reports on a student project assigned for a retail center management course which combines civic and student engagement learning... ...  more>>

The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans represent nutritious diets at various costs. This revision of the market baskets of each food... ...  more>>

Cattle production follows a dynamic cycle that has often been analyzed, and cattle markets receive much scrutiny because of the potential for buyer... ...  more>>

We report results from preliminary analysis of the recently constructed dataset from the Farm Service Agency, FSA 1614. FSA 1614 provides the... ...  more>>

A household’s purchase pattern for food can be described along three dimensions: how much food is bought, what types of food are bought, and how... ...  more>>