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Changes in Manure Management in the Hog Sector
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/26/2009  | Views: 181

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

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181 views language: English
Do Decoupled Payments Stimulate Production? Estimating the Effect on Program Crop Acreage Using Matching
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/26/2009  | Views: 135

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>>

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135 views language: English
Local Monopsony Power in the Market for Broilers - Evidence from a Farm Survey
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/26/2009  | Views: 154

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

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154 views language: English
Aligning Incentives for Accelerated Heifer Growth in Custom Heifer
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/26/2009  | Views: 112

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>>

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112 views language: English
Do Inventory and Time-to-Delivery Effects Vary Across Futures Contracts? Insights from a Smoothed Bayesian Estimator
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/21/2009  | Views: 8

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>>

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8 views language: English
Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/21/2009  | Views: 10

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>>

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10 views language: English
Did the Baby Boom Cause the Farm-Size Boom?
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/20/2009  | Views: 37

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

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37 views language: English
Biofuels and Rural Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/16/2009  | Views: 111

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>>

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111 views language: English
Land Use Change and Ecosystem Valuation in North Georgia
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/16/2009  | Views: 140

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

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140 views language: English
Does Politics Matter in EPA's Monitoring Activities? Evidence from Facility Level Data on Enforcement of Clean Air Laws
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/15/2009  | Views: 11

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

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11 views language: English
Food insecurity and childhood obesity: beyond categorical and linear representations
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/9/2009  | Views: 117

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>>

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117 views language: English
Bundled Ecosystem Markets – Are They The Future
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/4/2009  | Views: 11

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

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11 views language: Croatian
Reverse Auctions: Are they a Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Agricultural Conservation Spending
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/4/2009  | Views: 13

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

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13 views language: English
Enhancing Student Learning in a Retail Center Mg't Course by the Use of a combined Civic and Student Engagement Project
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/4/2009  | Views: 1

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

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1 views language: English
USDA's Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans: Development and Expenditure Shares
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/4/2009  | Views: 14

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>>

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14 views language: English
Competition, Bargaining Power, and the Cattle Cycle
From: txtdoc | Date: 12/3/2009  | Views: 47

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

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47 views language: English
Exploring Farm Business and Household Expenditure Patterns and Community Linkages
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 53

Farm operators are an integral part of some rural economies. The businesses they operate often hire seasonal and full-time employees and purchase... ...  more>>

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53 views language: English
Determinants of World Demand for U.S. Corn Seeds: The Role of Trade Costs
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 17

The United States is a large net exporter of corn seeds. Seed trade, including corn, has been expanding but its determinants are not well understood.  ...  more>>

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17 views language: English
A Spatial Analysis of Farm Payment Recipients Using the FSA 1614 Dataset
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 3

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

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3 views language: English
Agricultural Productivity, Technological Change, and Deforestation: A Global Analysis
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 14

This study takes advantages of recent developments in measuring total factor productivity in output specific directions to examine the influence of... ...  more>>

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14 views language: English
Demographic and Management Factors Affecting the Perceived Benefit of Winter Cover Crops in the Southeast
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 12

The inclusion of cover crops in cropping systems brings both direct and indirect costs and benefits. Farmers will adopt and continue to utilize cover  ...  more>>

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12 views language: English
Household Food Purchase Patterns: The Case of Vegetables
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 3

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>>

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3 views language: English
Demand for Organic and Conventional Fruits
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 192

We examine consumer demand for organic and conventional fruits by estimating a censored demand system, using Nielsen's Homescan data.... ...  more>>

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192 views language: English
Health and Environmental Benefits of Reduced Pesticide Use in Uganda: An Experimental Economics Analysis
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 53

Two experimental procedures were employed to value both health and environmental benefits from reducing pesticide use in Uganda. The first... ...  more>>

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53 views language: English
Traits Affecting Household Marketing Decisions in Rural Kenya
From: txtdoc | Date: 11/28/2009  | Views: 75

While many contemporary development programs with regard to Sub-Saharan Africa’s pastoralists promote improved livestock marketing as a way out of... ...  more>>

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75 views language: English