This article reports the results of an analysis of cotton supply response for Imperial Valley, California, one of the two distinct cotton growing areas in the State. Ultimately, these results for the Imperial Valley can be combined with similar studies now in progress throughout the United...

In Consumption of Food in the United States, 1909-52,1 there is presented for the first time an "index of supply-utilization" of farm products having food use. This new index breaks down the combined utilization of such products, on a farm-value basis, both according to sources of supply and...

Increases in agricultural productivity contribute to national economic development and income growth in two major ways: they release labor resources for nonagricultural sectors and they supply an economic output above that consumed or used for further production in the agricultural sector-an...

The practical problem of getting computational work done at the lowest cost subject to certain specifications interests many people. This paper presents a decision model which will enable them to choose, from among the alternatives available, the combination of computing equipment that minimizes...

Few commodities exhibit as strong a trend factor as do cigarettes. The phenomenal rise in popularity in this form of smoking since the early 1920's is well known, but to the analyst seeking to identify factors affecting demand for cigarettes, the strong trend factor which tends to overshadow the...

A set of price-dependent demand equations explains the Interdependent nature of monthly demand relationships for 10 meat commodities The analysis uses a model with a mixed structural-time series approach. the model's forecasting capability is significantly better than that of the traditional...

The first issue of Agricultural Economics Research appeared in January 1949. The original purpose of the new journal was to provide the Bureau of Agricultural Economics with a "medium for the publication of technical articles." Following the abolition of the Bureau in late 1953, the journal...

Understanding the dynamic programming algorithms used In the optimal grain storage literature IS a prerequisite to understanding the findings of this literature This article Introduces these dynamic programming algorithms by examining several In terms of their underlying economic behavior These...

The usual linear programming model for estimating supply functions is a single-period one (3).1 The solution for this period is independent of other periods except as their activities and incomes may be reflected in the resource constraints (2). The polyperiod model not only specifies the...

Production and cost functions have long been recognized as vital components of economic analyses relating to the individual firm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, beginning with the pioneering work of T V. J. Spillman, has been a continuing participant in their empiric and theoretical...