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An Economic Assessment of Policy Options To Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay

Ribaudo, Marc; Savage, Jeffrey; Aillery, Marcel P. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014

nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment necessary to reverse declines in the Bay’s quality and associated biological resources … resource agencies. Information on field characteristics can be used to target design-based policies to improve efficiency. …

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Fertilizer Trade Statistics, 1970-91

Vroomen, Harry; Taylor, Harold - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993

The United States is the world's largest phosphate exporter and the world's largest potash importer. The U.s. nitrogen … trade balance, relatively stable before 1983, has shifted as the United States became a net importer of nitrogen beginning …, world and U.S. imports and exports of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash, and U.S. import origins and export destinations for …

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Fertilizer Use and Price Statistics, 1960-85

Vroomen, Harry - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1987

The rapid growth in fertilizer consumption throughout the sixties and seventies peaked at 23.7 million nutrient tons in 19R1. U.S. plant nutrient use has since dropped by varying amounts because of fewer crop acres and stabilizing application rates. By 19R,), plant nutrient use totaled 21.7...

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Fertilizer Use and Price Statistics, 1960-93

Taylor, Harold H. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1994

The rapid growth in fertilizer consumption throughout the sixties and seventies peaked at 23.7 million nutrient tons in 1981. After falling to 18.1 million tons in 1983, use has remained relatively stable, ranging from 19.1 to 21.8 million tons during 1984-93. Use has declined from its peak...

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MANAGING MANURE TO IMPROVE AIR AND WATER QUALITY

Aillery, Marcel P.; Gollehon, Noel R.; Johansson, Robert C. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005

Animal waste from confined animal feeding operations is a potential source of air and water quality degradation from evaporation of gases, runoff to surface water, and leaching to ground water. This report assesses the potential economic and environmental tradeoffs between water quality policies...

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Agricultural Productivity in the United States

Ahearn, Mary Clare; Yee, Jet; Ball, V. Eldon; Nehring, … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1998

Increased productivity is a key to a healthy and thriving economy. Consequently, the trend in productivity, economywide, is one of the most closely watched of our common economic performance indicators. Agriculture, in particular, has been a very successful sector of the U.S. economy in terms of...

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: BUILDING ON A DECADE OF REFORM

Osborne, Stefan; Trueblood, Michael A. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2002

the productivity and efficiency of agricultural production. Production in the agricultural sector in Russia and Ukraine …

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Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure International Agricultural Efficiency and Productivity

Arnade, Carlos Anthony - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1994

productivity but also to divide productivity measures into indices that measure technical efficiency and technical change …. Technical efficiency measures the efficiency with which resources are used. Technical change measures changes in output arising … from improved technology. In this report, relative efficiency measures and multifactor productivity measures are calculated …

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Productivity and Technical Change in Brazilian Agriculture

Arnade, Carlos Anthony - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1992

Brazil's agricultural sector underwent major changes in the past two decades. Though Brazil is abundant in labor, land, and animal power, government subsidies encouraged the use of fertilizer and machines. Since productivity growth arises from technical change, Brazil's drive to modernize its...

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U.S. and State Farm Sector Financial Ratios, 1960-91

Erickson, Kenneth; Kubica, Janusz; Hacklander, Duane; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993

data. Nationaland State-level estimates of liquidity, efficiency, solvency, and profitability ratios are presented for 1960-91. …

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