This article analyzes the dynamic relationships among weekly prices of price byproducts, long gram rice, and corn, using causality tests and dynamic multipliers The authors use forecasts to evaluate the time series model rice byproducts prices may be influenced more by shifts 10 demand than 10...

This article estimates a model relating quarterly corn prices to quarterly corn stocks for 1971-81 Results are, consistent With expectations that higher stocks many specific quarter Yield lower corn prices and that any given level of stocks later m the marketing year Yields lower prices than...

The probable outcome of a general cropland retirement program based on retiring land having the lowest net return per acre is compared with the probable outcome of a program based on retiring land having the highest unit production costs. Estimates are made of (1) location of the retired...

Prior information derived from previous research, commodity specialists, market institutions, and introspection was used to estimate margin equations for selected fresh vegetables through the mixed estimation technique. Use of this information increased the precision of parameter estimates....

The spectacular nature of many of the breakthroughs In biotechnology has generated considerable publicity and has made demands on agricultural economists for ex ante assessment of potential impacts This article suggests a research agenda for evaluating the impacts of biotechnology on...

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...

No one knows exactly what the demands for farm products will be in 1960 and 1975. Nor can anyone foresee the exact supplies of agricultural commodities in these years. Yet farmers, legislators, and administrators of agricultural programs cannot work entirely in the dark. They must base their...

Most data on the market value of farm real estate are presented on the basis of national aggregates. Though continuing to serve many useful purposes, such data have limited use when more exacting economic analysis is required. Data are needed that more accurately reflect 10eal market responses....

Costs of seven methods of handling beef by retail firms are explored, considering number and size of stores per firm and distance from the packer. The least costly method is centralized cutting into retail cuts by retail firms. Larger store size reduced per unit costs significantly for all...