The labelling of dairy products containing milk from rBST-treated cows has rapidly emerged as an important issue in the US due to the controversy between state and federal legislation and between consumer and industrial groups. This paper evaluates consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for rBST-free...

A case study of the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (CVPS) Cow Power program examines the economic feasibility for dairy farms to convert cow manure into electricity via anaerobic methane digestion. The study confirms that it is technically feasible to convert cow manure to...

This paper examines the impacts of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact (Compact) on the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program using an autoregressive-moving average (ARMA) model and data from Boston and Hartford. While the results for Boston indicate that the difference between the net...

The rapid growth in China's per hectare chemical fertilizer application, from less than 10 kg in 1960 to 331 kg in 1993, has contributed significantly to the growth in grain production, but has also caused many environment problems such as groundwater pollution. With one-fifth of the world's...

Previous studies suggest that the diffusion of cholesterol information is a major reason for the continuing decline in US per capita egg consumption. This study examines the effects of cholesterol information and demographic variables on egg consumption by applying a non-normal and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of the “Made in China, Made with the World” advertisement broadcast on the US television station CNN in 2009 and derives recommendations for China's further efforts in promoting the image of products made in China (PMC)....

Using data from the 2010 Taste of Place survey conducted in Vermont and three metropolitan areas in the northeast United States, this study examines consumer willingness to pay (WTP), estimates price elasticity, and calculates the optimal premium rates for selected credence food attributes. The...