Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) data from Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were used to examine the economic performance of beef cow herd operations in the Southern Plains region by measuring their technical efficiency index. Factors that make significant impacts on the production are...

Cow-herd standardized performance analysis (SPA) data for Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were used to determine economic factors affecting cow-herd costs, production, and profitability. Total cost was defined as the financial cost associated with raising a calf through the weaning stage;...

The ever-growing livestock industry in the Texas High Plains has a significant impact on water usage and groundwater resources throughout the region.  The groundwater sources are depleting at an excessive rate and have low-recharge while precipitation is scarce in this region.  The regional...

Introduction: unthinking the world-system / Michael Goodhart, Patrick Manning, John Markoff, and Jackie Smith -- Antisystemic movements, yesterday and today / Immanuel Wallerstein -- Disrupting hegemonic discourses & modes of thought -- The study of social movements in the modern-colonial world...

This report is a summary of the financial and production records kept by fruit farmers enrolled in the Telfarm/MicroTel record program through Michigan State University Extension. This report has three purposes: 1)to provide statistical information about the financial results on fruit farms...