The costs of obtaining a given level of accuracy in estimating yields of tree fruit might be lowered by the use of photographs or supplemental information on fruiting potential. A small-scale experiment of this sort is described for peaches and apples. A procedure for evaluating the relative...

A ban on toxaphene use In control of the cotton budworm bollworm would Increase the average price of cotton 8S well as Its Price instability It would decrease the level and Increase the variability of cotton Yield and production Such 8 ban would also decrease the expected value but not the...

Preharvest production forecasts can be combined with contemporaneous price quotations for futures contracts to estimate demand equations, but the methodology has limitations for estimating structural coefficients An application using data for corn highlights the difficulties The methodology,...

The demand for U.S. feed grain is estimated using a six-equation simultaneous model. Four different utilizations of feed grain and feed grain price as well as the number of animal units fed are estimated. The reduced form of the model is used to provide forecasts of the endogenous variables for...

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...

Changes in the distribution of an agricultural commodity among quality classes may affect the total revenue obtained from a given quantity of product. Growers and marketing firms need to consider the best mix of qualities as well as the best level of output. This paper describes an approach to...

TECHSIM, a regional field crop and national livestock econometric simulation model, evaluates impacts of technological change Unlike other econometric models specified and constructed in an ad hoc fashion, TECHSIM makes practical use of theory by incorporating a priori information regarding the...

As part of the expanded research program in the Agricultural Estimates Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, extensive plant observations were made over the old Cotton Belt during the 1954 season. The data were studied in relation to final yields so...