ABSTRACT Changes in grain handling technologies and favorable terms on rail services are encouraging construction of state of the art grain handling facilities. Given these are high fixed and low marginal cost operations that are becoming increasingly vertically interdependent, the investments...

ABSTRACT The objective of this research is to identify determinants that influence sugar beet plant survival. Important determinants identified from the literature are hypothesized to include capacity, market concentration, ownership, government policies, and historical industry events unique to...

An application of tests of economically rational behavior by fertilizer retailers is presented. Tests are developed to measure efficiency of variable cost minimization, revenue maximization, and profit maximization. These tests include standard linear programming-based nonparametric efficiency...