Optimal sizes, number, and locations of Tennessee livestock auction markets were identified as those which minimize the combined costs of assembling and marketing livestock for the state using a separable programming model. The model includes transportation costs, economies of size in market...

This study evaluated prices and incentives for switchgrass stated in a biorefinery’s contract terms that induce switchgrass production on an east Tennessee representative farm when compared with traditional enterprises. The alternate contract terms imitated current subsidies/incentives offered...

The hedonic model was used to estimate effects on feeder cattle price of information about cattle and sale conditions specified by sellers. Specifications regarding weighing conditions, pencil shrink, weight/price slide, and feed availability were important. This study failed to find that EID,...