Tradeoff between different utility rates and policy intervention to induce dairy producer to join a regional digester are studied. Results demonstrate that a regional digester for the dairy industry in California is feasible given the digester receives $0.05 per kWh and government intervention...

Environmental issues such as air and water quality related to livestock production currently receive much attention. Potential methods for environmental improvement range from regulation to market solutions. This study looks at consumer willingness to pay for pork products with embedded...

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EU policies focus ever more on rural development initiatives. The horse sector provides some opportunities. An I/O model is used to examine the aggregate effects of the horse sector on Swedish agriculture. The maximal potential of the sector accounts for around 12% of the total contribution to...

An instrumental variables panal data model was applied to a set of dairy farm financial and production records from the states of New York and Pennsylvania and the province of Quebec. This model allowed unbiased efficiency estimation without the drawbacks of a Fixed Effects specification.

Past research disagrees about the effectiveness of generic meat advertising. The conflicting findings are shown to be due to the data transformation used by Ward and Lambert. The results support Brester and Schroeder's findings that the effect of generic meat advertising is small.

Production contract tournaments induce self-selection among producers. Self-selection for pork differs from broiler production resulting in a predictably different political response by incumbent producers to contract innovation. The higher capital and status of incumbent pork producers than...

A complete US poultry meat export demand system is estimated. A gradually switching dynamic advertising AIDS model is assessed to evaluate the effectiveness of non-price export promotions for US poultry meat products in major targeted international markets. The export demand elasticities are...

Trade liberalization has increased livestock sector interest regarding the impact of exports and imports on domestic meat prices. The focus of this analysis was to determine the impact on wholesale prices of various cuts of beef and pork from changes in U.S. meat exports and imports. The results...