An economic impact study of the Oklahoma Food and Agricultural Products Research and Technology Center was conducted to analyze the impact of the firms the Center has assisted and the impact of services provided by the Center. The economic impact of the firms assisted was calculated using an...

Interest in a tobacco quota buyout is at an all time high with several tobacco quota buyout and transition bills before Congress. This paper reviews major elements of buyout proposals and estimates the economic impacts of proposed buyout legislation on four representative Tennessee tobacco farms.

This paper investigates the effects of irrational responses on stated willingness-to-pay (WTP) in a contingent valuation study. A significant portion of the respondents stated that they were willing to pay a higher price for irradiated beef which they would avoid consuming due to their concerns...

Dairy in Illinois has declined in farm numbers, cows, and value of dairy product. Alternative dairy systems (intensive grazing, traditional, and a concentrated feeding system) were evaluated for their potential to sustain dairy in Illinois. The economic impact of each system on the Illinois...

The benefit of changing to Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) from uniform application methods needs to be assessed for technology adoption. Precision irrigation involves water application in optimum amounts. Results indicate that feasibility of precision irrigation depends on field variability,...

This study examines whether the EU, the world's largest importer, exercises market power over soybean imports. Results, based on 1975-2000 data, suggest that the EU has practiced price discrimination against imports from Argentina and Brazil. The evidence for the practice of pricing-to-market...

An output distance function conditional on the expansion of a second output is presented. These distance functions are used to calculate distinct relative Total Factor Productivity (TFP) scores for two jointly produced products-livestock and crops for 27 countries. From these, TFP growth and...

This study evaluates the rates of return to US wheat research investment, focusing on research spillovers. Results show that research spillovers exist among various classes of wheat. Due to the spillover effects, social rates of return to research investment are substantially higher than the...

The growth of the role of agriculture as a source of energy feedstock has been primarily concentrated on increasing corn use for ethanol. Alternatively, refocusing this growth in the utilization of dedicated energy crops could prove more advantageous as producers of more crops in a wider...