The Michigan State University (MSU) Dairy Team conducted an industry survey with the objectives of identifying and rating industry priorities. After holding discussion groups across the state, two questionnaires were developed and sent to 2,237 dairy farm owners and operators and 480 allied...

Published in BioResources, Volume 4, Number 3, 2009, Pages 1070-1087.

In Honduras, dry beans are the second most important staple crop, next to maize, in terms of both production and consumption. During the past decade, agricultural scientists in Honduras, in collaboration with Bean/Cowpea CRSP scientists, have released numerous new varieties, developed improved...

Greater flexibility in U.S. farm programs with elimination of the restriction on the planting of fruit and vegetable crops (FAVR crops) is likely to be a major issue in congressional 2007 farm policy discussions. Michigan is a state with a wide range of both FAVR and program crops planted under...

The importance of the effects of non-tariff barriers on international agricultural trade has become widely recognized and discussed as WTO negotiation has promoted the reduction of tariff rates around the world. Administrative barriers include the high cost of obtaining accurate information on...