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Creator:: Cross, Timothy L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: machinery and equipment costs is depreciation. Actual economic depreciation costs are known only when an

Creator:: Diebel, Penelope L., 1961-, Ball, Daniel A. (Daniel Allen), 1954-, and Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Abstract:: There is growing concern among producers regarding the sustainability of current dryland winter wheat cropping practices. This study looks at the economic viability of three wheat rotations currently being studied at the Columbia Basin Research Center in Pendleton, Oregon, including W IF and two alternative rotations, W/B/F and C/W/F. The...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Report 1004 May 1999 Economic Analysis of Conservation Farming Systems for Eastern Oregon Wheat

Creator:: Sheikh, Allah Ditta
Abstract:: Agricultural production in the Sahelian region of Africa is among the lowest in the world. Cyclical infestations of locusts and grasshoppers have contributed to this low productivity. The infestations appear to be triggered by heavy rainfall at the beginning of a crop season after extended drought. Because locusts and grasshoppers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Effect of Weather Variation on Economic Results from Grasshopper Control Tactics in Chad: A Partial

Creator:: Boughanmi, Houcine
Abstract:: Governments in less developed countries have recognized in recent years the need to liberalize economic policies in order to increase efficiency in agricultural commodity markets. In an attempt to help decision makers assess alternative choices, most policy studies, however, have focused on the efficiency norm criterion without much consideration for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: intervention and price policy analysis in agriculture have drawn heavily on the welfare concept of economic

Creator:: Sukume, Chrispen
Abstract:: The U.S. farm sector has undergone dramatic structural change during the past fifty years, a chief result being that the number of large farms has increased relative to the number of small farms. Numerous agricultural policies have been instituted, with the partial objective of preserving the family farm. At the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , and Knutson, 1985, p. 365). Buettel (1983) suggests the concern for family farm agriculture

Creator:: De Silva, G. A. Canute
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: economic gains and losses, measured as changes in producer and consumer surpluses (PS and CS), among

Creator:: Vermilyea, Kathy Jo
Abstract:: Malheur County is located in the southeast corner of Oregon and consists of about 64 million acres of which 260,000 acres is irrigated. Groundwater contamination has been found in a 115,000 acre area in Northeastern Malheur County. The main source of the groundwater contamination is agricultural practices. The overall objective...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on August 18, 1993. Title: Economic and Environmental Evaluation

Creator:: Ogishi, Aya
Abstract:: The agriculture production system in the post-war United States is characterized as highly specialized and increasingly dependent on off-farm inputs. Although the US has traditionally supported agriculture with numerous government commodity programs such as target prices, nonrecourse loans, and deficiency payments, agriculture today is perceived as one of the major...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Science in Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on January 5, 996. Title: Economic

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