Mentoring is used in many fields to prepare graduate students for a professional career. This study focuses on mentoring of Ph.D. students in agricultural economics, including the effects of mentoring on expected research output and studentsÂ’' satisfaction with time spent with their major...

Hedonic price analysis is applied to agricultural land sales to reveal the implicit market price of water in irrigation. This provides price information, where otherwise absent, which can facilitate reallocation of water supplies to meet growing demands. The failure to include available...

Prior appropriations of river flows (primarily to agriculture) have greatly reduced flow in many Oregon streams, causing major changes in stream ecosystems. This study focuses on trade-offs between instream and agricultural uses for the two largest irrigation districts in OregonÂ’'s Deschutes...

Land transactions typically involve substantial personal interaction between buyer and seller. Despite this fact, researchers have made little attempt to determine how personal relationships influence the terms of trade for a property. In this study, Linn County, Oregon, farm land sales from...

E-V studies traditionally have relied on historical data to calculate returns and variance. Historical data may not fully reflect current conditions, particularly when decisions involve government-supported crops. This paper presents a method for calculating mean and variance using...