The Interindustry flows required to support the output of the U S food and fiber system are decomposed Into backward and forward linkages Our purpose is to evaluate the relative Importance of farm versus food-and fiber-processing activities For the United States In 1977, backward linkages...

The United States Department of Agriculture is cooperating in an interagency study to plan for the future development and control of the water resources of the Potomac River Basin.' One assignment undertaken by the Farm Economics Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, is that of...

Research on the market for irrigation water has been initiated to examine the institutional arrangements that have developed in certain areas to make irrigation water more readily transferable between farmers who have varying seasonal needs for water. This article outlines the manner and extent...

To investigate the possibilities of establishing a representative sample of farms, using a system of data collection wherein farmers would report monthly their farm business expenses and receipts over a 12-month period, the U.S. Department of Agriculture entered into a cooperative agreement with...

A stochastic computer simulation model is used to estimate disaster payments under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973. The model uses a random yield generator and actuarial techniques. Simulated payments under 1976 program parameters and stochastic yields are estimated at $300...

The authors propose six questions relevant to the evaluation of all social system models, and apply them to the Barr-Gale model for forecasting the Consumer Price Index for Food. While analysts invest much effort in developing new economic models, relatively little attention is paid to...

A model is developed to forecast the food price component of the consumer price index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The'model relates retail food prices to prices received by farmers and to wage rates in food marketing industries. The farm value and farm-retail spread of the...

The choice among several concepts of food consumption depends upon what is to be studied, whether a farm problem, a marketing problem, or a problem at the level of consumer purchase or food intake. That choice will largely determine the selection among possible measures of food consumption. No...

The feasibility of quadratic programming as a means of integrating agricultural pricequantity relationships and regional resource availability is demonstrated for a California test case. Estimates are developed for producer's and consumer's surplus, values of vegetables and field crop...