The U.S. fresh tomato industry has been growing significantly over the past several decades. However, as a net importer of fresh tomatoes, the United States imported 36% of total fresh tomato consumption in 2002. The objective of this study is to estimate U.S. demand for domestic and import...

The introduction of genetically modified seed technology dramatically changed cotton production practices. Production systems based on reduced tillage and BtRR varieties improved net returns by $47.35 per acre (53%) when compared to systems based on conventional tillage and non-transgenic...

Research has evaluated the relative profitability of variable-rate versus uniform-rate application of a single input in fields with multiple management zones. This paper addresses the variable-rate decision for multiple inputs. The decision-making framework is evaluated for nitrogen and water...

Adoption of best management practices (BMPs) minimizes the negative externalities created by the manure by-product of milk production. Logistic regression procedure was used to understand the impact of socioeconomic attributes of Louisiana dairy farmers on BMP adoption decision relative to the...

A structural time series methodology was used to examine the role of stochastic trend and seasonality in dairy supply response model. In our analysis, the dairy supply model with stochastic seasonality and deterministic trend performs best in terms of diagnostic tests, goodness-of-fit measures,...

In response to the declining availability of irrigation water from the Ogallala aquifer, irrigation at the level where MVP=MFC increases net returns over either irrigating to maximize production or meet 100% of the evapotranspiration (PET) requirements. This prolongs the economic life of the...

The choice-select discount in fed cattle pricing grids is a significant factor in determining the net grid price. Cursory analysis of data since 1997 evidences a structural change approximately when USDA-AMS mandatory price reporting began. This is important for producers/feeders deciding when...

A non-parametric simulation model incorporating price and yield risk determined gross revenue less risk management costs for corn, cotton, and soybeans produced with and without irrigation. Risk management alternatives protecting price risk, yield risk, and combinations of price and yield were...

The sustainable growth paradigm is used to analyze aggregate output decisions across U.S. agricultural productions regions. Results show that the farm sector has adapted to positive or negative sustainable growth challenges (SGC) and that, from an equilibrium point of view, SGC countercyclical...

Three dairy systems, 120-cow grazing, 120-cow conventional, and 600-cow concentrated, were evaluated by internal rate of return (IRR) accounting for the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC). With MILC, the grazing and conventional systems had higher IRRs. Without MILC, the 600-cow dairy had the...