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Weather, Technology, and Corn and Soybean Yields in the U.S. Corn Belt

Tannura, Michael A.; Irwin, Scott H.; Good, Darrel L. - 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between weather, technology, and corn and soybean yields in the U.S. Corn Belt. Corn and soybean yields, monthly temperature, and monthly precipitation observations were collected over 1960 through 2006 for Illinois, Indiana, and...

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Disasters, FMD and Food Security : Macroeconomic Responses to Large Scale Disruptions of U.S. Food Production

Boisvert, Richard N.; Kay, David L.; Turvey, Calum G. - 2013

Without question, it was the 9/11 attacks and subsequent anthrax incidents that sounded the alarm that deliberate contamination of the nation’s food supply is a real possibility. Some foods are more susceptible to deliberate contamination than others, but there is no practical way one can...

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Economic Impact of Organic Agriculture Hotspots in the United States

Marasteanu, Ioana (Julia) - 2016

After identifying organic agriculture hotspots using spatial statistics, we estimate a treatment effects model that classifies a county's membership in an organic hotspot as an endogenous treatment variable. We find that organic hotspot membership leads to a lower county-level poverty rate and a...

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Risk Perceptions, Consumer Response and the First U.S. Mad Cow Case

Turvey, Calum G.; Onyango, Benjamin; Schilling, Brian J.; … - 2010

The December 2003 discovery of a BSE infected cow in the USA revealed a vulnerability in the safety of the U.S. Food Supply. This study reports on a nationwide risk perception survey conducted in early January 2004. Survey results showed that U.S. consumers for the most part took the discovery...

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Modelling Distortionary Aspects of the US Wheat Program and Policy Reform

Labson, Stephen - 2016

Evaluation of US agricultural policy reform is complicated by the interaction of price support programs and production … constraints. Researchers have typically presumed that price support policies as observed in the US wheat program increase the … the data. In this paper the structural model of price support based on production constraints is developed and its …

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Growing Complexities : A Cross-Sector Review of U.S. Biofuels Policies and Their Interactions

Blonz, Joshua A.; Vajjhala, Shalini P.; Safirova, Elena - 2009

In the midst of concerns about U.S. energy security and climate change, a wider use of biomass and biofuels is promoted as one of the recipes for sustainability. The production and use of biofuels in the United States has rapidly increased in the last several years, promoted by a variety of...

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Biofuels and vertical price transmission : the case of the U.S. corn, ethanol, and food markets

Drabik, Dusan; Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivčák, Ján - 2014

This is the first paper to analyze the impact of biofuels on the price transmission along the food chain. We analyze … the U.S. corn sector and its vertical links with food and ethanol (energy) markets. We find that biofuels affect the price … market shock and the policy regime: the price transmission elasticity declines under a binding blender's tax credit and a …

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Biofuels and Vertical Price Transmission : The Case of the U.S. Corn, Ethanol, and Food Markets

Drabik, Dusan - 2014

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Internationaler Vergleich der Systeme zur Besteuerung der Land- und Forstwirtschaft

Parsche, Rüdiger; Haug, Peter; Marcelo, Antonio; Nam, … - 2001

Due to its overwhelming significance among taxes on earnings in the agricultural and forestry sector, the analyses are primarily concentrated on the international comparison of effective income tax burden in the selected EU Member States as well as Canada, the United States and Japan. In this...

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Nineteenth century US black and white physical activity and nutritional trends among the working class

Carson, Scott A. - 2012

Much has been written about 19th century African American and white statures and body mass index values. However, little is known about their physical activity and calories required to sustain height and weight. This paper considers two alternative measures for biological conditions that address...

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