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Impact of United States Corn-based Ethanol Production on Land Use
Sobowale, Folakemi; Dicks, Michael R.; Campiche, Jody L. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
biofuels production. We examine the impact of corn-based ethanol production in the United States on land use in other countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922700
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Drought, Biofuel, and Livestock
Hao, Na; Seong, Byeongchan; Park, Cheolwoo; Colson, Gregory - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916125
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Ethanol Plant Investment using Net Present Value and Real Options Analyses
Schmit, Todd M.; Luo, Jianchuan; Tauer, Loren W. - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2008
A real option analysis of dry-grind corn ethanol plants compared to a standard net present value analysis (NPV) shows … large plant, the gross margin of ethanol price over the corn price for a gallon of ethanol using NPV shows that entry will … reactivate if margins rebounded to $0.66. Growth in the variability of ethanol margins will delay new plant investments, as well …
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The Impact of Ethanol Production on Spatial Grain Market Relationships
Lewis, Karen E.; Tonsor, Glynn T. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 14 (2011) 4
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368792
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Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater: Determinants and Indicators
Wick, Katharina; Heumesser, Christine; Schmid, Erwin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Nitrogen is an important input to agricultural production but also detrimentally affects the environmental quality of air, soil and water. Identifying the determinants of nitrate pollution and in turn defining sensible performance indicators to design, enforce and monitor regulatory policies is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201369
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The impact of the Single Farm Payments on the Expenditure on Fertilizers and crop protection inputs: a comparative study of the Italian agriculture
Vollaro, Michele - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The Health Check (HC) of the European Common Agricultural Policy in 2003 sped up the process of policy reforms toward decoupled payments in order to urge agricultural production to respond to market signals. However, since decoupled payments could generate “coupled” effects on production, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201376
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Sustainability assessment of olive grove in Andalusia: A methodological proposal
Gomez-Limon, Jose Antonio; Riesgo, Laura - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Recently the olive sector has had important changes in Andalusia due to both the enlargement and the intensification of farming. The expansion of the olive grove in Andalusia is causing sustainability problems, not only from the socio-economic dimension (profit reduction) but environmental...
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Relationships between Agricultural policies and Environmental Effects in Japan: An Environmental-Economic Integrated Model Approach
Sasaki, Hiroki - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
This study investigates the optimal agricultural land use allocation and nitrogen application to a representative Japanese farm. The site-specific nature of numerous agri-environmental issues necessitates analysis at a disaggregated level in order to capture the underlying heterogeneity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201386
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
This 2008 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805103
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The Impact of Precision Agriculture Techniques on Kentucky Grain Farmers' Carbon Footprint
Brown, Rachael M.; Dillon, Carl R.; Schieffer, Jack; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
This study estimates the carbon footprint of a Henderson County, Kentucky grain farmer under different production strategies; traditional farming and precision agriculture technologies. Four constrained optimization, whole farm analysis models were formulated under no-till conditions. One of the...
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