Also included in The Best of Choices: 1986-1996, published by the AAEA. Abstract Currently Unavailable.

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The successful expansion of the U.S. crop insurance program has not eliminated ad hoc disaster assistance. An alternative currently being explored by members of Congress and others in preparation of the 2007 farm bill is to simply remove the ﾓad hocﾔ part of disaster assistance...

To evaluate the impact of conservation policies on soil organic carbon in agricultural soils, the authors link information from the 1992 National Resources Inventory (NRI) database and the extensive physical data on soils and climate from the SOILS5 database. These data serve as input for a...

This study develops a model based on the yield potential of various soil types in 12 Iowa counties to estimate the potential value of switching from uniform to variable fertilizer rates. Results indicate modest increases in the gross returns over fertilizer costs, ranging from $7.43 to $1.52 per...

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Presents a study which looked at farmers' choice of conservation, tillage, rotation and soil testing practices in the Nebraska corn area. Estimation of various combinations of the practices impact on fertilizer use, corn yield, and soil erosion; Details on a polychotomous-choice selectivity...

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Hotelling's classic model of spatial competition is adapted to estimate the impacts on grain price of the closure of one of three grain buyers on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Scott County, Iowa. The customers of the buyer who is closing (River Gulf Grain Company) in Davenport, Iowa,...