Federal and State regulatory agencies are considering switching from a nitrogen-based manure disposal policy to one that is phosphorus-based. This analysis estimates the compliance costs of this policy change for a representative hog-grain farm in Wabash County, Indiana. The representative farm...

In this study an analytical framework is developed to allow the policy makers in the recycling industry to determine the optimal set of policies to obtain a variety of objectives. The scrap iron and steel recycling industry is modeled as an oligopsonistic spatial price equilibrium. Each...

This paper reports on the operation and general feasibility of gasifiers intended for use on farms to supply a clean gas fuel for on-farm processing of food products. The particular concern is the availability of a gas fuel for grain drying that will be able to utilize existing farm drying and...