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Economic Viability of Investing in Alternative Part-Time Cow-Calf Farms in the Northeastern United States
Milligan, Robert A.; Nowak, Caroline J.; Knoblauch, Wayne A. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 13 (1984) 1:
Cow-calf enterprises in the Northeastern United States are generally small and often the only agricultural enterprise of families with large off-farm incomes . In this paper, the economic viability of cow-calf enterprises to these investors is considered using a representative farm/economic...
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FARM AND NON-FARM ALTERNATIVES FOR INCREASING INCOMES OF SMALL NEW YORK STATE DAIRY FARMS
Wardle, Christopher; Boisvert, Richard N. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 04 (1975) 1:
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ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF FARMS
Stavins, R. N.; Stanton, B. F. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 09 (1980) 2:
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INTERACTIVE COMPUTER COSTS FOR CALCULATING DAIRY RATIONS
Nott, Sherrill B. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 02 (1973) 1:
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DEMOGRAPHIC VERSUS MEDIA ADVERTISING EFFECTS ON MILK DEMAND: THE CASE OF THE NEW YORK CITY MARKET
Kinnucan, Henry W. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 15 (1986) 1
additional determinants of milk demand. Previous research indicates that the age structure of a population and its racial … composition are primary factors influencing fluid milk sales. Failure to incorporate these factors in the milk demand model … results in a 30 percent downward biased estimate of the advertising effect. Consequently, the economic effectiveness of milk …
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REDUCING NUTRIENT APPLICATION RATES FOR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION IN INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK AREAS: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE PRODUCER BEHAVIOR
McSweeny, William T.; Shortle, James S. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 18 (1989) 1
High rates of commercial fertilizer and animal manure application on cropland have been identified as an important cause of ground and surface water degradation in many areas of the country. Suggested remedies are often based on the idea that fertilization levels are economically irrational for...
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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. GENERIC DAIRY ADVERTISING PROGRAM USING AN INDUSTRY MODEL
Liu, Donald J.; Kaiser, Harry M.; Forker, Olan D.; … - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 19 (1990) 1
The market impacts of generic dairy advertising are assessed using an industry model which encompasses supply and demand conditions at the retail, wholesale, and farm levels, and government intervention under the dairy price support program. The estimated model is used to simulate price and...
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FACTORS AFFECTING PARTICIPATION IN THE MILK DIVERSION PROGRAM IN THE U.S. AND NEW YORK
Lee, David R.; Boisvert, Richard N. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 14 (1985) 2
Participation in the 1984-85 Milk Diversion Program (MDP) is examined through the analysis of aggregate state level …
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CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN
Kaiser, Harry M.; Scherer, Clifford W.; Barbano, David M. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 21 (1992) 1
fluid-milk consumption in New York State. Based on data from a consumer survey, the potential change in milk consumption due … their milk-consumption response to bST are identified. Depending upon consumer awareness of bST, the results indicate that … milk consumption in New York State could decrease by 5.5% to 15.6% if bST is approved. The results also suggest that …
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MILK SUPPLY RESPONSE IN DELAWARE
Elterich, G. Joachim; Masud, Sharif M. - In: Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 09, 1:
Milk supply response by dairy farmers in Delaware was analyzed employing d1stnbuted lag price structures for number of … milk cows and milk production per cow. A polynominal distributed lag model is fitted to quarterly data with deflated prices … for the period 1966 to 1978. The variations in the number of milk cows is explained by about 98 percent. Farmers react …
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